{"product_id":"dont-make-me-pull-over-an-informal-history-of-the-family-road-trip-1","title":"Don't Make Me Pull Over!: An Informal History of the Family Road Trip","description":"\u003ch1\u003eDon't Make Me Pull Over!: An Informal History of the Family Road Trip\u003c\/h1\u003eRichard Ratay,Richard Ratay\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003eMay 14 2019\u003cbr\u003eEAN: 9781501188756\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 1501188755\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eItems marked as \u003cb\u003eWAREHOUSE\u003c\/b\u003e may take additional time to be delivered to your address or picked up in the store.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis: \u003cb\u003e\"A lighthearted, entertaining trip down Memory Lane\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003e Don't Make Me Pull Over!\u003c\/i\u003e offers a nostalgic look at the golden age of family road trips--before portable DVD players, smartphones, and Google Maps.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe birth of America's first interstate highways in the 1950s hit the gas pedal on the road trip phenomenon and families were soon streaming--sans seatbelts!--to a range of sometimes stirring, sometimes wacky locations. In the days before cheap air travel, families didn't so much \u003ci\u003etake \u003c\/i\u003evacations as \u003ci\u003esurvive\u003c\/i\u003e them. Between home and destination lay thousands of miles and dozens of annoyances, and with his family Richard Ratay experienced all of them--from 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\u003ci\u003e next\u003c\/i\u003e attraction, to dealing with a dad who didn't believe in bathroom breaks. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow, decades later, Ratay offers \"an amiable guide...fun and informative\" (New York \u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e) that \"goes down like a cold lemonade on a hot summer's day\" (\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e). In hundreds of amusing ways, he reminds us of what once made the Great American Family Road Trip so great, including twenty-foot \"land yachts,\" oasis-like Holiday Inn \"Holidomes,\" \"Smokey\"-spotting Fuzzbusters, twenty-eight glorious flavors of Howard Johnson's ice cream, and the thrill of finding a \"good buddy\" on the CB radio. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn \"informative, often hilarious family narrative [that] perfectly captures the love-hate relationship many have with road trips\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eDon't Make Me Pull Over! \u003c\/i\u003ereveals how the family road trip came to be, how its evolution mirrored the country's, and why those magical journeys that once brought families together--for better and worse--have largely disappeared.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"27th Letter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67390526292013,"sku":"WHS-7fab29514fab45c59dd98328c928b08e","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/3588\/0749\/files\/original_1dbcdb00-2b4e-471e-a4df-d50097472c4b.jpg?v=1787343906","url":"https:\/\/27thletterbooks.com\/products\/dont-make-me-pull-over-an-informal-history-of-the-family-road-trip-1","provider":"27th Letter Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}