Roadside America: The Automobile and the American Dream

Roadside America: The Automobile and the American Dream by Lewis, Lucinda. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780810944343.

A paean to American ingenuity and craftsmanship, this new book is both the most complete survey available of 20th-century American cars and a glorious, nostalgic photographic portrait of the icons of roadside America. Lucinda Lewis has created a breathtaking armchair spin through Americas fabulous and fast-fading roadside culture. Lewiss evocative tribute takes us deep into the heart of 20th-century American history and folklore. With quotes from those who traveled our fabled highways, she vividly portrays, along with the great American cars, the neon-drenched diners, drive-in movie theaters, and last-chance gas stations that once peppered our landscape, as well as the mesmerizing attractions of Route 66, the Mother Road made famous by Steinbeck and Kerouac. Many of these, sadly, no longer exist, but fortunately Lucinda Lewiss camera has preserved them forever. LUCINDA LEWIS is one of the worlds premier automotive photographers; her work appears regularly in numerous publications. She and her husband live in Los Angeles, California. 230 photographs, 185 in full color, 93/4 x 12"