Road Trips, Head Trips, and Other Car-Crazed Writings |  | Creators: Jean Lindamood, P. J. O'rourke
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Pr
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 2758378
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Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 258
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.6 x 1
Dewey Decimal Number: 810.80355
ASIN: B000VYTUHY
Publication Date: September 1996
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An anthology of road trip writing, Lindamood's collection includes well-known writers like Dave Barry, Calvin Trillen, S. J. Perelman, and Ernest Hemingway, plus 30 more, all rambling, philosophizing, riffing and narrating on the American pasttime of driving. From Hunter Thompson's desert drag race ravings to Allen Ginsberg's non-driver's plaint about pollution and the end of the world, you get to see the ongoing automotive love affair through the eyes of writers who know the road.
Product Description
Rolling sculpture, symbol of freedom and power, a defining rite of passage, the autombile has forever changed the shape of our world. In celebration of the 100th year of the American car industry, the automotive editor of Good Morning American has compiled a collection of writings by such literate and humorous car enthusiasts as Jack Kerouac, Peter Egan, Jim Harrison, Calvin Trillin, Joyce Carol Oates, Dave Barry, and P.J. O'Rourke.
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 Enlightening, Entertaining and Candid June 26, 2001
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you are of an autombile mind, then "Road Trips..." is a great book to read while in the coffee shop, waiting for the drawbridge to come down, or just to fill time. It is a collection of short stories from various authors, making it a collage of driving cultural tidbits that inform and entertain. The hardcover edition is nostalgical, appealing--a beautiful, classical cover with natural, thick pages--that made me want to head down to Route 66 from beginning to end, and hit every diner in between. I'm glad to be a part of the American Culture, and especially the driving culuture, as peoples past could not have imagined--nor enjoyed--the thrill at travelling at a mile a minute as easily as putting on your clothes. "Road Trips..." is a journey in itself, and I dare not spoil the trip for you. Lindamood did a fantastic editing job by keeping her hands out of the mix unless necessary; she let the writer do the talking. Great reading for all minds over 15 (language). Makes a great gift for the driver in your life.
 Road Trips Rocks February 10, 1999
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
This book is a well compiled anthology of porbably the best Automotive writings anywhere. Try it! Also...if you like this you should read her monthly column in Automobile Magazine.
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