Roadside Giants

Brian Butko, Sarah Butko

Stackpole Books, 2005 - Travel - 90 pages

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!

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User Review  - ChrisWeir - LibraryThing

Just loved this book. Filled with roadside giants just as the title implies. Those larger than life things on the side of the road that are trying to entice you to stop. Features the "muffler man ...

Contents

• I: 1
• II: 9
• III: 12
• IV: 15
• V: 20
• VI: 23
• VII: 25
• VIII: 28
• IX: 32
• X: 36
• XI: 38
• XII: 41
• XIII: 44
• XIV: 47
• XV: 51
• XVI: 54
• XVII: 58
• XVIII: 61
• XIX: 64
• XX: 68
• XXI: 72
• XXII: 76
• XXIII: 78
• XXIV: 81
• XXV: 85
• XXVI: 88

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.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Roadside Giants
• Authors: Brian Butko, Sarah Butko
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Stackpole Books, 2005
• ISBN: 0811732282, 9780811732284
• Length: 90 pages
• Subjects: Travel / Museums, Tours, Points of Interest; Travel / United States / General