Road Sides : : An Illustrated Companion to Dining and Driving in the American South / / Emily Wallace.

An illustrated glovebox essential, Road Sides explores the fundamentals of a well-fed road trip through the American South, from A to Z. There are detours and destinations, accompanied by detailed histories and more than one hundred original illustrations that document how we get where we’re going a...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
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Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]
©2019
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (192 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Introduction --
Arhitecture --
Billboards --
Cars --
Directions --
Entertainment --
Fikins --
Gas --
Hyperbole --
Icons --
Junque --
Kudzu --
Landmarks --
Meat-and-threes --
Nackets --
Open --
Packaging --
Que --
Roads --
Stands --
Tunes --
Ubiquity --
Vacancy --
Windows --
XXX --
Yonder --
Zealtos --
Acknowledgments --
Sources --
Index of places --
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Summary:An illustrated glovebox essential, Road Sides explores the fundamentals of a well-fed road trip through the American South, from A to Z. There are detours and destinations, accompanied by detailed histories and more than one hundred original illustrations that document how we get where we’re going and what to eat and do along the way. Learn the backstory of food-shaped buildings, including the folks behind Hills of Snow, a giant snow cone stand in Smithfield, North Carolina, that resembles the icy treats it sells. Find out how kudzu was used to support a burgeoning highway system, and get to know Edith Edwards—the self-proclaimed Kudzu Queen—who turns the obnoxious vine into delicious teas and jellies. Discover the roots of kitschy roadside attractions, and have lunch with the state-employed mermaids of Weeki Wachee Springs in Florida. Road Sides is for everyone—the driver in search of supper or superlatives (the biggest, best, and even worst), the person who cannot resist a local plaque or snack and pulls over for every historical marker and road stand, and the kid who just wants to gawk at a peach-shaped water tower.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781477319338
9783110745290
DOI:10.7560/316566
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Emily Wallace.