Shows unusual roadside architecture from across the U.S., including motels, gas stations, drive-ins, cafes, diners, signs, and billboards

The End of the Road: Vanishing Highway Architecture in America

Arts & Photography

Margolies, John

Photography & Video

Penguin??Books

The End of the Road (A Studio Book)

Avery

Liberal, Kansas: "The Pancake Hub of the Universe." Sullivan County, New York: "The lowest death rate of any county in New York State." Rapid City, South Dakota: "The climate is excellent and hog cholera is as yet a stranger." For more than a century, travel brochures have been wooing American "vacationists" with handsome graphics and enticing (and frequently amusing) prose descriptions. See the USA presents more than 200 examples of these delightful documents, drawn from the heyday of American road-tripping. The range of subjects and styles in travel brochure art makes it among the finest work ever produced by American commercial artists, and the descriptions of far-flung destinations are priceless. An entertaining popular culture and design history, See the USA will delight anyone with an interest in the images and words that fueled the patriotic desire to explore the country from coast to coast.

See the USA: The Art of the American Travel Brochure

Baker, Eric

Graphic Design

Chronicle Books+

What's more American than fried chicken and apple pie? Join Georgia Orcutt and John Margolies on a cross-country culinary journey to find all the delicious possibilities. Cooking USA spans the 50 states, offering 50 recipes guaranteed to stir up as much nostalgia as fabulous food. Louisiana Chicken Gumbo, Maryland Crab Cakes, Washington Apple Dumplings -- each state offers its own scrumptious slice of America. Full of fun facts (Who knew Delaware was home to the world's largest frying pan? Or that Oregon is the number one blackberry producer in the U.S.?) plus colorful artwork reminiscent of small-town life of yesteryear, this collection of regional flavors truly celebrates the tastes of the States.

Cooking USA: 50 Favorite Recipes from Across America

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Orcutt, Georgia

Regional & International

For those in the United States, when the sun is out, the grill is on because everyone loves to get outdoors and eat. Whether it's a picnic, backyard barbecue, party by the pool, tailgate, clam bake, or wienie roast, people will find any excuse they can to chow down on summer favorites with friends and family. From South Carolina's BBQ Pork with Mustard Sauce to Spicy Grilled Chili-Lime Halibut from Alaska to Utah's sweet Cherry Cobbler cooked outside in a Dutch oven over the campfire, Cookout USA offers a classic recipe from each state of the union. Serve them with great sides like Mom's Potato Salad, New England Baked Beans, Perfect Picnic Cupcakes, and Citrus Iced Tea for the ultimate cross-country culinary adventure. Whether folks are grilling from the mountains to the prairies to the oceans, white with foam, this wholly enjoyable cookbook illustrated with vintage travel brochures and nostalgic postcards has covered all the territory. Grilling away across the good ol' USA has never tasted so good.

Cookout USA: Grilling Favorites Coast to Coast

Outdoor Cooking

Everyone loves a winner. These prize-winning recipes from state and county fairs across the country bring together the best in American cookingand it's not all apple pie. Mary's Sticky Biscuits won at the Alabama National Fair; Cool Fruit Strata won at the Iowa State Fair (which draws more than a million visitors!); and in California, the winner of 600 blue ribbons took home another for her unique Salsa Jam. Facts about the fairs plus colorful ephemera bring memories of cotton candy, corn dogs, and funnel cake. There are even tips on how to garner your very own blue ribbon.

Blue Ribbon USA: Prizewinning Recipes from State and County Fairs

Photographs, most in color, of the exteriors of big city and small town movie theaters are augmented by such memorabilia as tickets, posters, and advertisements, and by a popular history of cinema. The volume is 11" deep. No subject index. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Ticket to Paradise: American Movie Theaters and How We Had Fun

Gwathmey, Emily

Business & Money

Bulfinch Pr

An illustrated celebration of this American cultural icon traces gas station history and style from the earliest roadside pumps to the present, using archival photographs to focus on the heyday of the streamlined station.

Pump and Circumstance: Glory Days of the Gas Station

In lively text and more than 250 photographs, most in color, Margolies brings to life the new style of lodging that sprang up to serve the automobile traveler, from auto camps and mom-and-pop tourist cabins early in the century to today's familiar motel chains. Along the way, he highlights many of the services and amenities - the decor, the swimming pools, the restaurants, and the pulsating signs - used to lure motorists into the nearest Kozy Kottage. He has discovered motels both marvelous and bizarre: log cabins, teepees, and even railroad freight cars transformed into sleeping cars. And he explores how the image of the motel in America has evolved - from seedy shacks to picturesque courts to today's antiseptic but very comfortable way stations. Throughout, Margolies combines his signature photographs of hostelries past and present with rare postcards, vintage brochures, and other amusing artifacts. Home Away From Home is a surprising and entertaining look at an omnipresent phenomenon, a nostalgic tour of sleepless nights and sweet dreams along the highways and byways of America.

Home Away from Home: Motels in America

Travel

Food, Lodging & Transportation

Margolies's celebration of gas station memorabilia, Pump and Circumstance: Glory Days of the Gas Station, was a runaway success with roadside Americana buffs everywhere. This book of postcards includes the best of Margolies's color photos, from old-time curb pumps to glistening streamlined service stations.

Pump and Circumstance: 30 Gas Station Postcards

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