My Bug. For Everyone Who Owned, Loved, or Shared a VW Beetle. True Tales of the Car That Defined a Generation

Rosen, Michel J., Edited By

ISBN 10: 1579651356 / ISBN 13: 9781579651350

Published by Artisan, New York, 1999

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Lower corners lightly rubbed right at tips. Dust jacket faintly scraped on surface. Red cloth with silver lettering on spine. 159 pages.

Seller Inventory # 020368

Bibliographic Details

• Title: My Bug. For Everyone Who Owned, Loved, or Shared a VW Beetle. True Tales of the Car That Defined a Generation
• Publisher: Artisan, New York
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1579651356
• ISBN 13: 9781579651350
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Edition: Second Printing
• Condition: Very Good+ to Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+
• Seller catalogs:
  • Transportation and Travel

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Synopsis

Volkswagon owners get dewey-eyed with nostalgia just thinking about their old Beetles. This was a vehicle of a thousand stories, and My Bug presents some of the best of them in all their tie-dyed glory. More than forty brand-new stories, poems, anecdotes, and general love letters plus 100 treasured photographs, illustrations, and cartoons from smitten owners recall the highs and lows of the golden days of Beetlemania: water splashing through holes in the rusted floor; trying to make out in the backseat (indeed, trying to make it out of the backseat; the mystery test button on the dash, the secret panel behind the footrest, the battery so conveniently(!) located under the backseat), the scalding blast of sudden heat as the car chugged up an incline.

No self-respecting Boomer can forget the Beetle, even if he or she is driving a Beemer today. Now is the time to get out the bellbottoms and put those memory cells in gear. The Bug is back.

About the Author

Michael J. Rosen has written, edited, or illustrated a veritable kennel of books, including Workman's Kids' Best Dog Book; Artisan's Horse People, Fishing with Dad, and My Bug; and The Dog Department: James Thurber on Hounds, Scotties, and Talking Poodles and May Contain Nuts: A Very Loose Canon of American Humor. Many of his anthologies have supported humane efforts through the Company of Animals Fund, which he founded in 1990. He lives with his pack on 100 acres in central Ohio.