Short Drive, Sweet Chariot
Author: William Saroyan
Publisher:
Published: 1966
Total Pages: 136
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKObservations and reflections by the author on a coast-to-coast trip in his 1941 Lincoln limousine during the summer of 1963.
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Romance of the Road
Author: Ronald Primeau
Publisher: Popular Press
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9780879726980
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Americans have treated the highway as sacred space," says Primeau (English, Central Michigan U.) introducing the rich tradition of prose and non-fiction road narratives that include On the Road, Grapes of Wrath, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, and the Journals of Lewis and Clark. Primeau critically examines these and other works from the position of travel as pilgrimage resulting in identifiable themes of protest, self discovery, picaresque parody, and myth making. Paper edition (unseen), $17.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Highway Sailor: A Rollicking American Journey
Author: Joseph Sutton
Publisher: Joseph Sutton
Published: 2010-12
Total Pages: 89
ISBN-13: 098255981X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen the woman Jake Massry lives with leaves him for another man because he can't succeed as a writer, and his Old World father, on his deathbed, orders him to get a "real" job, Jake, to get his head straight, hits the highways of America in his worn-out VW bus Old Bones in search of himself and his country. It's Spring 1974--prices are spiraling upward and President Nixon is embroiled in the Watergate fiasco. As he travels from place to place in Old Bones (or rather pushes him), Jake meets a colorful cast of characters of sexy women, gays, born-again Christians, philosophers, racists, bullies and Gary Morse, a 19-year-old hitchhiker who possesses a large "red ruby" given to him by a young heiress.
The Couple's Road Trip Guide
Author: Josh Parafinik
Publisher: Morgan James Publishing
Published: 2015-05-30
Total Pages: 186
ISBN-13: 1630474630
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA young Christian couple shares the lessons they learned on the open road in this travel memoir of life, love, faith—and the adventure of marriage. When Josh and Aminda Parafinik embarked on an epic summer road trip of camping, biking, and rock climbing, they had no idea what they were in for—which turned out to include a 1,500-pound bear, stowaway mice, and a toothless tow-truck driver. Nor did they realize how important these experiences would be to learning about their lifelong journey together in marriage. In The Couple’s Road Trip Guide, Josh and Aminda recount these and other tales from the road and share the wisdom they learned along the way. If you are engaged or newly married and tired of hearing that marriage is hard work, don’t be discouraged. God gave us marriage as a gift, and He wants it to be enjoyable! He blessed us with a wide world to explore, side by side. So come sit by the campfire with Josh and Aminda as they share their road map for making marriage a joy and lifelong adventure.
RoadFrames
Author: Kris Lackey
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Published: 1999-02-01
Total Pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9780803279810
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn a lively discussion of books written as early as 1903 and as recently as 1994, Kris Lackey reveals the crucial roles the highway and automobile travel have played through generations of American writing.
A Companion to Popular Culture
Author: Gary Burns
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2016-05-02
Total Pages: 608
ISBN-13: 1405192054
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Companion to Popular Culture is a landmark survey of contemporary research in popular culture studies that offers a comprehensive and engaging introduction to the field. Includes over two dozen essays covering the spectrum of popular culture studies from food to folklore and from TV to technology Features contributions from established and up-and-coming scholars from a range of disciplines Offers a detailed history of the study of popular culture Balances new perspectives on the politics of culture with in-depth analysis of topics at the forefront of popular culture studies
Globalizing Automobilism
Author: Gijs Mom
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 2020-08-07
Total Pages: 688
ISBN-13: 1789204623
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhy has “car society” proven so durable, even in the face of mounting environmental and economic crises? In this follow-up to his magisterial Atlantic Automobilism, Gijs Mom traces the global spread of the automobile in the postwar era and investigates why adopting more sustainable forms of mobility has proven so difficult. Drawing on archival research as well as wide-ranging forays into popular culture, Mom reveals here the roots of the exuberance, excess, and danger that define modern automotive culture.
American Writers
Author: Elizabeth H. Oakes
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 449
ISBN-13: 1438108095
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"American Writers focuses on the rich diversity of American novelists
A Dictionary of Writers and their Works
Author: Christopher Riches
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2015-01-29
Total Pages: 1431
ISBN-13: 019251850X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOver 3,200 entries An essential guide to authors and their works that focuses on the general canon of British literature from the fifteenth century to the present. There is also some coverage of non-fiction such as biographies, memoirs, and science, as well as inclusion of major American and Commonwealth writers. This online-exclusive new edition adds 60,000 new words, including over 50 new entries dealing with authors who have risen to prominence in the last five years, as well as fully updating the entries that currently exist. Each entry provides details of a writer's nationality and birth/death dates, followed by a listing of their titles arranged chronologically by date of publication.
