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Summary: It's a far cry from trailer trash . . .
Review: After flipping through just a few pages of this amazing book, you'll want to trade in your daily routine for the life of a global nomad. But if circumstances won't allow you to hit the road in your own shiny silver bullet right away, Airstream's fantastic words and pictures will provide a wonderful escape. You'll travel vicariously to exotic locales from Egypt to Moscow and will be quoting "Byam-isms" in no time like "Adventure is where you find it, any place, every place, except at home in the rocking chair."
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Summary: Not what I expected
Review: As much as I tried to like this book, it really didn't do it for me. The book was more a story about Wally Byam than Airstream. I was looking for something more about the evolutionary history of the land yacht and the more common experiences of their owners. Too bad - the book about Airstream is still to be written.
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Summary: Not what I expected
Review: As much as I tried to like this book, it really didn't do it for me. The book was more a story about Wally Byam than Airstream. I was looking for something more about the evolutionary history of the land yacht and the more common experiences of their owners. Too bad - the book about Airstream is still to be written.
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Summary: Sterling!!
Review: This book is wonderful. I'm going to have to purchase a new copy for my dad's Christmas present, I've worn this copy out reading it. The photographs are vintage, the text facinating and informative.
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Summary: Superb graphics, archival photos, and historical text!
Review: This coffee table book is a great gift - striking images, an original topic, really interesting text, and it's reasonably priced. The book follows the inventor of the Airstream, an eccentric wanderer named Wally Byam, as he spreads his gospel ("Adventure is where you find it, any place, every place, except at home in the rocking chair.") and organizes Airstream caravans around America and around the planet. We see these Zelig-like aluminum torpedoes with every famous backdrop: the Egyptian pyramids, rice fields in Thailand, the leaning tower of Pisa, and Red Square in communist USSR. The photos are at once kitschy and nostalgic and hokey and beautiful, and the layout of the book allows each image to really resonate before leading you to another page or chapter in the life of Wally Byam's "land yacht." A terrific piece of Americana, and a great, reasonable find...
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Summary: Good, just not as expected
Review: Though never having owned an Airstream, I've always been interested in its development and history as the 'Cadillac' of travel trailers. This book was, for the most part, a disappointment. I was primarily interested in the trailers themselves. There are very few illustrations of floor plans over the years, of the development of the interiors and exteriors--after all, today's trailers are quite different from 40 years ago! A great deal of space is dedicated to a few Wally Byam caravans with some large, page-filling photos. In the end, this can make a nice coffee-table book for Airstream fans. I'd still like to see a more comprehensive research into the trailers themselves and their development.
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Summary: Not What I Expected, Either!
Review: Though never having owned an Airstream, I've always been interested in its development and history as the 'Cadillac' of travel trailers. This book was, for the most part, a disappointment. I was primarily interested in the trailers themselves. There are very few illustrations of floor plans over the years, of the development of the interiors and exteriors--after all, today's trailers are quite different from 40 years ago! A great deal of space is dedicated to a few Wally Byam caravans with some large, page-filling photos. In the end, this can make a nice coffee-table book for Airstream fans. I'd still like to see a more comprehensive research into the trailers themselves and their development.
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Summary: Sterling!!
Review: Well, although this book does talk a lot about Wally Byam (how can you not when refering to Airstreams), I found it to be very interesting, and a lot of fun. The book is designed beautifully, the pictures are fantastic, and it is a visual feast. I just bought my own used Airstream, and love it. If you've ever owned an airstream, or if you've just admired them from afar, this book is just too much fun to own. It makes a great coffee table book, or a great gift for the enthusiast.
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Summary: A visual feast, along with the interesting content.
Review: Well, although this book does talk a lot about Wally Byam (how can you not when refering to Airstreams), I found it to be very interesting, and a lot of fun. The book is designed beautifully, the pictures are fantastic, and it is a visual feast. I just bought my own used Airstream, and love it. If you've ever owned an airstream, or if you've just admired them from afar, this book is just too much fun to own. It makes a great coffee table book, or a great gift for the enthusiast.
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Summary: Good, just not as expected
Review: While this book offers much for those interested in the people behind Airstream, it offers little about the trailers themselves. Still, a good and interesting read.
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