RoadFrames : the American highway narrative / Kris Lackey.
RoadFrames : the American highway narrative / Kris Lackey.
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Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c1997.
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N810.9355/9
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English
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xiv, 164 p. ; 21 cm.
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Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c1997.
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Nebraska
Date Published
c1997.
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RoadFrames surveys America's fascination with highway travel. In a lively discussion of books written as early as 1903 and as recently as 1994, Kris Lackey reveals the crucial roles that highway and automobile travel have played through generations of American writing.
RoadFrames illuminates many of the grandiose myths and unsentimental realities that have shaped modern American life. Lackey examines - and debunks - the theme of rediscovering America, with drivers seeking to escape industrialized America and recover a mythic innocence and independence. He also traces the influence of Thoreau, Emerson, and Whitman...
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RoadFrames : the American highway narrative / Kris Lackey.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-157) and index.
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N810.9355/9
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74VMQ2dG7v0X
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMQ2dG7v0X
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0803229240 (alk. paper)
9780803229242 (alk. paper)
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810.9355
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991000328229702626
