Vanishing America: The End of Main Street Diners, Drive-Ins, Donut Shops, and Other Everyday Monuments

by Michael Eastman and William H. Gass

Think of the quirky buildings you pass every day but whose quiet beauty you take for granted--the moviehouses, juke joints, soda fountains, barbershops, roadside diners, and storefront churches. You don't miss them until they're gone. As suburban sprawl and strip malls conquer the country, these vestiges of a lost way of life are falling under the wrecking ball. Here the photographer Michael Eastman has made the ultimate road trip, crisscrossing the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0847830403
• ISBN13: 9780847830404
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 2.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 9.7" x 9.9"