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Skate Crazy: Amazing Graphics from the Golden Age of Roller Skating - Softcover

Brooks, Lou

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9780762414604: Skate Crazy: Amazing Graphics from the Golden Age of Roller Skating
Softcover
ISBN 10: 076241460X ISBN 13: 9780762414604
Publisher: Running Press, 2003

Synopsis

By 1942, there were more than 3,000 roller rinks in America, and more than 10 million people skating. That era is captured in this glorious graphic portrait of the country's Golden Age of roller skating (1939-1959), which also illuminates America's rapidly changing society from the end of the Depression through the wartime '40s to the '50s. This provocative look at a pop-culture phenomenon is lavishly illustrated with full-color photographs of skate rink memorabilia, including promotional stickers, postcards, advertisements, programs, and matchbooks.

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About the Author

Lou Brooks has designed and illustrated covers for Time and Newsweek, and was a contributing artist for Playboy. His logo design for the game Monopoly™ is familiar to everyone who ever played the game.

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Publisher
Running Press
Publication date
2003
Language
English
ISBN 10 
076241460X
ISBN 13 
9780762414604
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
144
Rating
  • 4.22 out of 5 stars
    9 ratings by Goodreads