Roadside Giants

Roadside Giants

Roadside Giants

Roadside Giants

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Overview

From Lucy, the colossal elephant-shaped building on the Jersey Shore, to the grand donut atop Randy's in Los Angeles, this full-color guide profiles the commercial giants that loom over America's highways. Created to sell products and promote tourism in a big way, they can be found all over the United States. The authors have traveled far and wide to bring readers the world's largest duck in Long Island, an enormous Amish couple in Pennsylvania Dutch Country, and towering Paul Bunyans all over the Midwest. There are buildings shaped like hot dogs, ice cream cones, and baskets, as well as the roadside phenomena known as "Muffler Men," giants who originally advertised mufflers but now have been converted to cowboys, Indians, spacemen, and pirates. Big fun!

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780811745482
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Publication date: 09/27/2005
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 96
File size: 14 MB
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About the Author

Brian Butko lives in the Pittsburgh metro area and is the nation's leading authority on the Lincoln Highway. He is a founding director of the new Lincoln Highway Association.

Table of Contents

Looming over the Landscape: An Introduction to Roadside Giants1
The Big Duck9
Tail o' the Pup12
Muffler Men and Uniroyal Gals15
Paisano Pete20
Hat n' Boots Service Station23
Baseball Bat and Glove25
Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox28
Yes, Indiana, There Is a Santa Claus32
Brooks Catsup Bottle36
Dueling Donuts38
Albert the Bull41
Pal's Sudden Service44
Lucy the Elephant47
The Blue Whale51
Koontz Coffee Pot54
Airplane Station58
Uncle Sam61
Wigwam Village No. 264
Longaberger's Baskets68
Plain Folk72
Westward Ho Covered Wagon76
Twistee Treat Ice Cream Cones78
Dinosaur Park81
Shell-Shaped Station85
Further Reading and Surfing88
Acknowledgments90
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