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Title: Trailer Travel: A Visual History of Mobile America by Bryan Burkhart, Phil Noyes, Allison Arieff ISBN: 1-58685-157-8 Publisher: Gibbs Smith Publisher Pub. Date: 11 July, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Eye Candy For The Trailer Park Crowd
Comment: This book brings together a wonderful collection of visual images of travel trailers from the late 1920s through the 1950s. The images come from vintage photographs, publicity brochures, and other publications. A majority of the materials come from the collections of the University of Southern California, the Auto Club of Southern California, and Vintage Vacations (a California travel trailer restoration company). The quality of the image reproduction is excellent making this book a genuine feast for the eyes.
Although subtitled "A Visual History Of Mobile America," the majority of pictures are from California with the rest of the country only sketchily represented if at all. Florida is the only other state to have more than one or two pictures included.
The book has eight chapters. Each begins with one page of text consisting of three paragraphs. The rest of the chapters are illustrations with captions and quotes. The first chapter "Motor Camping" has some of the earliest photos and portrays the beginnings of the travel trailer craze. The second chapter "Selling The dream" contains a collection of illustrations from brochures and advertisements. "Wish You Were Here," the third chapter, is a collection of postcards both humorous and illustrative. The fourth chapter "Trailer Shows" contains pictures from various California trailer shows. Pictures of the latest trailer designs are often enhanced by including attractive female models. "Take A Look Inside" is the next chapter which portrays the interior furnishings of travel trailers. Again attractive female models often enhance the photos. "I've Got This Idea" is a chapter that captures some of the more inventive and original travel trailer designs. A whole chapter is devoted to "Trailer Logos." It was in this chapter that I found the only reference to my 1948 trailer made in Alma, Michigan.
The book ends with a chapter on "Teardrops," compact trailers with outdoor kitchens built into a back hatch. A one page bibliography provides both current and historic books and articles for further reading. A joyful coffee table book, light on text, but very rich on illustrations, that is eye candy for the trailer park crowd.
Rating: 5
Summary: My new favorite book!
Comment: I am so happy that there is finally a book about this part of American pop culture that has been largely ignored! I had no idea that so many amazing pictures have survived all these years. The graphics are wonderful and I love all of the logos. Great book.
Rating: 5
Summary: Saw the review in TIME Magazine, ran out & got it...
Comment: It really is a great little book. The endless pictures are the selling point as I could (and have) look at them again & again!
If you like trailers, or 50's Americana Camp this is a great book.
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Title: Airstream: The History of the Land Yacht by Bryan Burkhart, David Hunt ISBN: 0811824713 Publisher: Chronicle Books Pub. Date: February, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Rvs & Campers 1900-2000: An Illustrated History by Donald F. Wood ISBN: 158388064X Publisher: Iconografix Pub. Date: May, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Ready to Roll: A Celebration of the Classic American Travel Trailer by Doug Keister, Arrol Gellner, Douglas Keister ISBN: 0670030554 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: 25 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $32.95 |
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Title: Home on the Road: The Motor Home in America by Roger B. White ISBN: 1560988924 Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press Pub. Date: April, 2000 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Trailers by Carol Burch-Brown, David Rigsbee, Carol Brown-Burch ISBN: 0813916801 Publisher: University of Virginia Press Pub. Date: October, 1996 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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