{"product_id":"motor-city-boomer-the-car-culture-that-defined-a-generation-paperback","title":"Motor City Boomer: The Car Culture That Defined a Generation - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLarry Lankton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eA vivid account of a boomer's life in the driver's seat.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGear up for a motorized journey through post-World War II America! Blending history and personal memoir, Larry Lankton pays homage to the automobile, arguably the most important technological object of twentieth-century America. The omnipresence of cars shaped popular culture during the Golden Age of American prosperity and featured prominently in Lankton's own coming-of-age memories of family life and teenage (mis)adventures--especially his 1964 GTO. Told in vivid detail, Lankton's recollections and his attention to the historical impact of the car industry of the 1950s and 1960s demonstrate how much boomers, and the generations that follow, owe to the American automobile.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLarry Lankton is professor emeritus of history at Michigan Technological University. His scholarly career focused on the history of mining, technological development, and labor in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. His book \u003ci\u003eCradle to Grave: Life, Work, and Death at the Lake Superior Copper Mines\u003c\/i\u003e won a Great Lakes History Prize. Lankton is also the author of \u003ci\u003eHollowed Ground: Copper Mining and Community Building on Lake Superior, 1840s-1990s\u003c\/i\u003e (Wayne State University Press).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 344\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.01 x 6.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 18, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48900104749305,"sku":"9780814353448","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/8Yl9nYPNJb9780814353448.webp?v=1787738113","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/motor-city-boomer-the-car-culture-that-defined-a-generation-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}