{"product_id":"dont-make-me-pull-over-an-informal-history-of-the-family-road-trip-9781501188756","title":"Don't Make Me Pull Over!: An Informal History of the Family Road Trip","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A lighthearted, entertaining trip down Memory Lane\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003e Don't Make Me Pull Over!\u003c\/i\u003e offers a nostalgic look at the golden age of family road trips--before portable DVD players, smartphones, and Google Maps.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe birth of America's first interstate highways in the 1950s hit the gas pedal on the road trip phenomenon and families were soon streaming--sans seatbelts!--to a range of sometimes stirring, sometimes wacky locations. In the days before cheap air travel, families didn't so much \u003ci\u003etake \u003c\/i\u003evacations as \u003ci\u003esurvive\u003c\/i\u003e them. Between home and destination lay thousands of miles and dozens of annoyances, and with his family Richard Ratay experienced all of them--from being crowded into the backseat with noogie-happy older brothers, to picking out a souvenir only to find that a better one might have been had at the\u003ci\u003e next\u003c\/i\u003e attraction, to dealing with a dad who didn't believe in bathroom breaks. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow, decades later, Ratay offers \"an amiable guide...fun and informative\" (New York \u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e) that \"goes down like a cold lemonade on a hot summer's day\" (\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e). In hundreds of amusing ways, he reminds us of what once made the Great American Family Road Trip so great, including twenty-foot \"land yachts,\" oasis-like Holiday Inn \"Holidomes,\" \"Smokey\"-spotting Fuzzbusters, twenty-eight glorious flavors of Howard Johnson's ice cream, and the thrill of finding a \"good buddy\" on the CB radio. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn \"informative, often hilarious family narrative [that] perfectly captures the love-hate relationship many have with road trips\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eDon't Make Me Pull Over! \u003c\/i\u003ereveals how the family road trip came to be, how its evolution mirrored the country's, and why those magical journeys that once brought families together--for better and worse--have largely disappeared.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRatay, Richard:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Richard Ratay was the last of four kids raised by two mostly attentive parents in Elm Grove, Wisconsin. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a degree in journalism and has worked as an award-winning advertising copywriter for twenty-five years. Ratay lives in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, with his wife, Terri, their two sons, and two very excitable rescue dogs.","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50726614335762,"sku":"9781501188756","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6e21f634-a9bb-4b11-bbad-7e5941c7a753.jpg?v=1734876774","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/dont-make-me-pull-over-an-informal-history-of-the-family-road-trip-9781501188756","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}