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Title: The Art of Lionel Trains: Toy Trains and American Dreams by Roger Carp ISBN: 0-87116-202-4 Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing Company Pub. Date: October, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.88 (8 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A peek to an era when advertising art was lively yet simple
Comment: Officially licensed by Lionel itself, The Art Of Lionel Trains: Toy Trains And American Dreams by Roger Carp is more than just a simple showcase of promotional art that the Lionel company used to advertise their classic model locomotives; its informed and informative text follows the journey and evolution of the internationally famous model railroading company and its various products that inspired hobbies and dreams in households across America. Illustrated throughout in full color and a highly recommended addition to any personal or community library Railroading History collection, The Art Of Lionel Trains is as much a trip down memory lane for model train buffs as it is a peek to an era when advertising art was lively yet simple.
Rating: 4
Summary: A little bit disapointed
Comment: The book is a beauty (as a graphic arts product) but as the review title reads I am a little bit disapointed. Don't get me wrong. I like Roger Carp and his writting. In fact, he is almost the only reason I am suscriber to TCC magazine. However the book, in my humble opinion, falls short in the two aspects one could possible focus on: the Lionel art and the information about it. The illustations though as nice as we expect from Lionel history are pretty much common for Lionel enthusiasts and very well known from long ago. One could think that being this a book about Lionel art something special would appear.
The text did not contribute much to the common knowledge of Lionel aficionados. Commom places such as the bond between fathers and sons and the search for security during rough times, fill most of the space in the book. Not even short biographies of artists as important as Robert Sherman appear in the text. Carp's great sense of humor is also pretty much absent.
In short, I think the other superb books by Roger Carp left me expecting more than real life provides. Everyone has the right to some "failure". In the case of Roger Carp I think this book fills the bill for that.
Rating: 5
Summary: Would Christmas be the Same without a Train
Comment: "Saying 'Lionel' to anyone over the age of 40 brings forth nods of recognition and stories of smoking, whistling trains chugging around Christmas trees."
"The Art of Lionel Trains" is a showcase of familiar images, famous pictures and the artwork from catalog covers, newspaper advertising and other marketing pieces. Some of the pictures are sentimental and show the dreams of children.
When my mother bought my husband his first Lionel Train, I think he spent most of one afternoon putting the track together and then would amuse our cats by running the train at least once a day, complete with smoke billowing about in our mostly empty room. I kept wondering what was burning. My memories of Lionel Trains now include cats jumping across tracks to avoid the impending doom. They were actually quite fascinated for weeks.
This book highlights classic Lionel trains, helps to revive memories of toy trains from the past and analyzes art and its relationship to dreams and values.
The Chapters Include:
Dreams of Ambition 1900-1923
Dreams of Consumption 1920-1933
Dreams of Authority 1931-1947
Dreams of Security 1946-1964
Dreams of Nostalgia 1963-1993
Dreams of Tomorrow 1990-2003
This book is a history of Lionel Trains from 1900-2003 and is the perfect gift for Lionel Train fans everywhere. Each chapter contains detailed information on all things train through an analysis of advertising.
What I noticed, is a sense of family unity throughout the pictures. It also seems that a Lionel Train looks best with a Christmas tree. Artists actually started promoting this idea back in the1920s. The text in the advertising is readable in most cases. You have to love the pictures of the poor kids watching while "grandpa and dad" took over the train tracks.
Roger Carp has been a member of the editorial staff of Classic Toy Trains magazine since 1988. You might want to look for additional selections by Roger Carp:
The World's Greatest Toy Train Maker: Insiders Remember Lionel
Classic Lionel Display Layouts You Can Build
~TheRebeccaReview.com
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Title: Lionel Trains 2004 Calendar ISBN: 076885136X Publisher: Landmark Calendars Pub. Date: August, 2003 List Price(USD): $11.99 |
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Title: Greenberg's Guide Lionel Trains 2004 Pocket Price Guide (Greenberg's Pocket Guide Lionel Trains) by Kent L. Johnson, Roger Carp, Kalmbach Publishing Company ISBN: 0897785258 Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing Company Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Modern Lionel Trains by Robert H. Schleicher ISBN: 0760315965 Publisher: Motorbooks International Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Classic Lionel Trains by Gerry Souter, Janet Souter ISBN: 0760311382 Publisher: Motorbooks International Pub. Date: April, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Lionel: America's Favorite Toy Trains by Gerry Souter, Janet Souter ISBN: 0760305056 Publisher: Motorbooks International Pub. Date: October, 2000 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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