The USA from a Chevrolet

Scenes from a Forty-Year Drive in a '65 Biscayne

von James A. Ward

222 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.

• Reihe: McFarland
• ISBN: 9780786425884
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.06.2006
• Größe: 226 x 155 mm
• Verlag: McFarland and Company, Inc.