The USA from a Chevrolet
Scenes from a Forty-Year Drive in a '65 Biscayne
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2006
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-2588-4 (ISBN)
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-2588-4 (ISBN)
In July 1965, an Artesian Turquoise Chevrolet caught the eye and the imagination of the author. Using the family car as a narrative thread, this work explores American history as experienced by the author. From Lyndon Johnson to George W Bush, from the automotive industry to fast food franchises, it chronicles American life since the mid - 1960s.
In July 1965, an Artesian Turquoise Chevrolet Biscayne rolled off a General Motors assembly line. Little did James Ward know that this car would become a cherished member of his family, playing a role in his wedding, honeymoon, years of graduate school, birth of his daughter, and her wedding, among countless other memories. Four decades--and a lot of history--later, the author still drives this rolling historical artifact dubbed Phoebe.
Using the Biscayne as a narrative thread, this first-person account explores facets of American history the author and Phoebe experienced since the mid-1960s, such as a KKK cross-burning, a civil rights march, Hurricane Betsy, numerous local diners, motels, and parks, and interesting people and out-of-the-way places. Looking for remnants of their youth, they drove across back roads in twenty-first century America. Photographs accompany this unique memoir.
In July 1965, an Artesian Turquoise Chevrolet Biscayne rolled off a General Motors assembly line. Little did James Ward know that this car would become a cherished member of his family, playing a role in his wedding, honeymoon, years of graduate school, birth of his daughter, and her wedding, among countless other memories. Four decades--and a lot of history--later, the author still drives this rolling historical artifact dubbed Phoebe.
Using the Biscayne as a narrative thread, this first-person account explores facets of American history the author and Phoebe experienced since the mid-1960s, such as a KKK cross-burning, a civil rights march, Hurricane Betsy, numerous local diners, motels, and parks, and interesting people and out-of-the-way places. Looking for remnants of their youth, they drove across back roads in twenty-first century America. Photographs accompany this unique memoir.
James A. Ward is Guerry Professor of History at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. He, his wife, and Phoebe live in Chattanooga.
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
PART I: PHOEBE’S YOUTH
1. Phoebe’s Ancestry
2. Storm of the Decade
PART II: THE SEETHING SIXTIES
3. Steamy Red Stick
4. The Dairy Queen Klan
5. Long Hot March
PART III: LITERARY CONNECTIONS
6. Sugar-Boy
7. Road Writings
PART IV: BACK ROADS
8. Out on the Blue Roads Again
9. Home Again, Lickety-Split
10. Decision Time
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.6.2006 |
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Zusatzinfo | 36 photos, notes, bibliography, index |
Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 295 g |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Auto / Motorrad | |
Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
ISBN-10 | 0-7864-2588-1 / 0786425881 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-7864-2588-4 / 9780786425884 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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