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Record ID marc_loc_2016/BooksAll.2016.part36.utf8:165677883:2586
Source Library of Congress
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LEADER: 02586cam a22003377a 4500
001 2009279273
003 DLC
005 20150116083250.0
008 091026s2009 nyub 000 e eng d
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050 00 $aPN4784.A94$bO78 2009
082 04 $a818.5402$222
100 1 $aO'Rourke, P. J.
245 10 $aDriving like crazy :$bthirty years of vehicular hellbending, celebrating America the way it's supposed to be-- with an oil well in every backyard, a Cadillac Escalade in every carport, and the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank mowing our lawn /$cP.J. O'Rourke.
246 30 $aThirty years of vehicular hellbending, celebrating America the way it's supposed to be
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bAtlantic Monthly Press ;$a[Berkeley, Calif.] :$bDistributed by Publishers Group West,$cc2009.
300 $axxix, 258 p. :$b1 map ;$c22 cm.
520 $aA collection of O'Rourke's writings about cars for Car and Driver, Automobile, Esquire, Forbes, and other publications.
505 0 $aThe end of the American car -- How to drive fast on drugs while getting your wing-wang squeezed and not spill your drink -- How to drive fast when the drugs are mostly Lipitor, the wing-wang needs more squeezing than it used to before it gets the idea, and spilling your drink is no problem if you keep the sippy cups from when your kids were toddlers and leave the baby seat in the back seat so that when you get pulled over you look like a perfectly innocent grandparent -- Sgt. Dynaflo's last patrol -- NASCAR was discovered by me -- The Rolling Organ Donors Motorcycle Club -- "Come on over to my house-- we're gonna jump off the roof!" -- A test of men and machines that we flunked -- A better land than this -- Getting wrecked -- Keep your eyes off the road -- Comparative Jeepology 101 -- Taking my baby for a ride -- ReinCARnation -- The geezers' Grand Prix -- Call for a new national park -- A ride to the funny farm in a special needs station wagon complete with booby hatch -- Big love -- The other end of the American car.
650 0 $aAutomotive journalism$zUnited States$vHumor.
650 0 $aAutomobile travel$vHumor.
650 0 $aPopular culture$zUnited States$vHumor.
600 10 $aO'Rourke, P. J.$xTravel$vHumor.
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1502/2009279273-d.html