Home Away from Home: Motels in America

by John Margolies

In lively text and more than 250 photographs, most in color, Margolies brings to life the new style of lodging that sprang up to serve the automobile traveler, from auto camps and mom-and-pop tourist... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821221620
• ISBN13: 9780821221624
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Little Brown and Company
• Length: 127 Pages
• Weight: 1.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 10.4" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 13 years and up

Customer Reviews

FUN READ

THIS IS A GREAT LITTLE BOOK FOR FANS OF ROADSIDE AMERICANA.ALTHOUGH NOT AN IN DEPTH TOTALLY COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF THE AMERICAN MOTEL/MOTOR COURT THE PERIOD PHOTOGRAPHS AND INTERESTING TEXT MAKE IT A DELIGHTFUL BOOK ON THE TOPIC AND A VALUABLE ADDITION TO ONES' PERSONAL LIBRARY.

Motel Mania - Next Exit

I have read several of this author's books and they have never let me down. Sure, it's light reading. But there were lots of info that I found very entertaining (I am in the travel/tourist business). What I liked most was the way the author pointed out the different eras of the motels in the USA. He discussed the big chain motels as well as the small mom and pop operations. This book will bring back memories to anyone who stayed in a motel that boasted of having "air conditioned" rooms.

Fun reading

Anyone who enjoys reading about roadside culture will enjoy this book. It brings back great memories of those family roadtrips and how exciting it was as a kid to stay in a motel. It also entices you to seek out the quirky and fun motels next time you're in need of an overnight stay. John Margolies is an excellent author and photographer. I highly recommend this book!

Spectacular photography and good historical summary

For all of us who stayed at the one and two story roadside motels of the 1960s and 1970s, this book will bring back great travel memories as well as educate us on the precurser to these lodging establishments. Fascinating and fast reading and it made me go out and locate some of the motels near my residence. The only down side is that it could have used a little more history on the early motel chains and the history of their demise. A section on motel bilboards would also have been entertaining. Otherwise, a great historical book.