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Summary: Fun reading
Review: 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!
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Summary: Spectacular photography and good historical summary
Review: 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.
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Summary: Motel Mania - Next Exit
Review: 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.
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Summary: A Colorful Lightweight
Review: I've been a fan of Margolies since his first book, and I ordered this with high expectations. Unfortunately, this book is almost completely advertisements and memorabia. There is very little narrative. Like another reviewer, I was quite disappointed that there was only a sketchy outlining of the various transitions that motels have progressed through over the generations. I got the impression that Mr. Margolies probably had most of these old brochures, cards, maps, etc., and simply assembled these in a chronological format. On the other hand, if you are a fan of Margolies's photography, his own photographs in the book match his earlier photographic achievements. This book is probably worth the price of admission, but I'd like to see a more comprehensive history of twentieth-century hospitality industry.
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Summary: A Colorful Lightweight
Review: I've been a fan of Margolies since his first book, and I ordered this with high expectations. Unfortunately, this book is almost completely advertisements and memorabia. There is very little narrative. Like another reviewer, I was quite disappointed that there was only a sketchy outlining of the various transitions that motels have progressed through over the generations. I got the impression that Mr. Margolies probably had most of these old brochures, cards, maps, etc., and simply assembled these in a chronological format. On the other hand, if you are a fan of Margolies's photography, his own photographs in the book match his earlier photographic achievements. This book is probably worth the price of admission, but I'd like to see a more comprehensive history of twentieth-century hospitality industry.
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