Overview
The birth of Americaās first interstate highways in the 1950s hit the gas pedal on the road trip phenomenon and families were soon streamingāsans seatbelts!āto a range of sometimes stirring, sometimes wacky locations. In the days before cheap air travel, families didnāt so much take vacations as survive them. Between home and destination lay thousands of miles and dozens of annoyances, and with his family Richard Ratay experienced all of themāfrom being crowded into the backseat with noogie-happy older brothers, to picking out a souvenir only to find that a better one might have been had at the next attraction, to dealing with a dad who didnāt believe in bathroom breaks.
Now, decades later, Ratay offers āan amiable guideā¦fun and informativeā (New York Newsday) that āgoes down like a cold lemonade on a hot summerās dayā (The Wall Street Journal). In hundreds of amusing ways, he reminds us of what once made the Great American Family Road Trip so great, including twenty-foot āland yachts,ā oasis-like Holiday Inn āHolidomes,ā āSmokeyā-spotting Fuzzbusters, twenty-eight glorious flavors of Howard Johnsonās ice cream, and the thrill of finding a āgood buddyā on the CB radio.
An āinformative, often hilarious family narrative [that] perfectly captures the love-hate relationship many have with road tripsā (Publishers Weekly), Donāt Make Me Pull Over! reveals how the family road trip came to be, how its evolution mirrored the countryās, and why those magical journeys that once brought families togetherāfor better and worseāhave largely disappeared.
This book title, Don't Make Me Pull Over! (An Informal History of the Family Road Trip) - 9781501188756, ISBN: 9781501188756, by Richard Ratay, published by Scribner (May 14, 2019) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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