The American Drive-In: History and Folklore of the Drive-in Restaurant in American Car Culture
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- List Price: $29.95
- Studio: Motorbooks International
- Avg. Customer Rating: 5 Stars
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Customer Reviews
- Nostalgia is contagious
- Reviewer: Ron Heberlee (USA), Date of review: January 09, 2010
- Avg. Customer Rating: 5 Stars
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
- Wonderful book, most of the places I used to go to are featured such as Simon's; what a shame they most were on corners that later became prime real estate and were torn down. The photos are top notch.
- HAPPY DAYS RESTORED
- Reviewer: Gary G. Hess (WELAKA,FLORIDA), Date of review: April 08, 2009
- Avg. Customer Rating: 5 Stars
- LIKE ALL OF MR.WETZELS BOOKS THIS ONE IS A GREAT WAY TO RELIVE HAPPY TIMES OF YESTERDAY. GREAT PHOTOGRAPHY AND INTERESTING TEXT LEND THEMSELVES TO A VERY PLEASENT READ.HAVING BEEN A TEENAGER IN THE 1960S I ENJOYED THIS WALK DOWN MEMORY LANE.I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK AS WELL AS ALL OF HIS OTHERS.
- Only Grade A Beef
- Reviewer: , Date of review: March 21, 2002
- Avg. Customer Rating: 4 Stars
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
- Unlike many coffee table books on pop culture phenomena, The American Drive-in Restaurant supplements its generous use of photos with material from regional archives and 1950s restaurant trade industry journals, resulting in a pop history with a strong seasoning of well-researched facts. Interviews with former carhops also provide an interesting slice of life effect.
Witzel's copywriting background intrudes most in the brief portraits of major drive-in chains, which read like corporate marketing pieces. The serious researcher needs to handle this book with care: not only are there numerous typesetting errors (including mislabeled dates and places), but some corporate biography facts don't match those presented by the same corporations' official Web sites (though it wouldn't be surprising if the corporations were the ones who had it wrong).
All in all, a good read packed with interesting material.
- lot's of great color pictures
- Reviewer: , Date of review: July 03, 1999
- Avg. Customer Rating: 5 Stars
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
- I have several of his diner and drive-in books. If you are a fan of diners, drive-in eateries and burgers and shakes; you will not be dissapointed. There are many, many beautiful color pictures.