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American icons

an encyclopedia of the people, places, and things that have shaped our culture

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American icons: an encyclopedia of the people, places, and things that have shaped our culture
2006, Greenwood Press, ABC-CLIO, LLC
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Table of Contents

v. 1. Alamo / Richard R. Flores
Muhammad Ali / J. Peter Williams
Amish / David L. Weaver-Zercher
Antiperspirant / Jimmy Dean Smith
Art fair / Mary Carothers and Sharon Scott
Fred Astaire / Michael Dunne
Lucille Ball / Rhonda Wilcox
Banjo / Jack Ashworth
Barbie / Dawn Heinecken
Bear / Richard Sanzenbacher
Beats / Jason R. Kirby
Betty Crocker / Pauline Adema
Bomb / Margot A. Henriksen
Daniel Boone / Richard Taylor
Boy Scout knife / R.H. Miller
Capitol / Karelisa V. Hartigan
Johnny Carson / Don Cusic
Cell phone / John P. Ferré
Ray Charles / Reginald Martin
Julia Child / Sara Lewis Dunne
Computer chip / Michael Bertz
Coney Island / Judith A. Adams-Volpe
Couch / Dennis Hall
Courtroom trial / David Ray Papke
Joan Crawford / Claude J. Smith
Crayola Crayon / Elizabeth Armstrong Hall
George Armstrong Custer / Michael C.C. Adams
James Dean / Geoffrey Weiss
Dinosaur / Mark A. Wilson
Dollar bill / Heinz Tschachler
Bob Dylan / Edward P. Comentale
Albert Einstein / Anthony O'Keefe
Emergency room / Robert Wolosin
Flea market / Michael Prokopow
Ford Mustang / Susan Grove Hall
Gettysburg / Randal Allred
GI / Michael Smith
Golden Gate Bridge / Kenneth M. Sanderson and Laura Kennedy
Billy Graham / David Fillingim
Grateful Dead / Nicholas Meriwether.
v. 2. Guardian angel / Scott Vander Ploeg
Gun / Michael C.C. Adams
Halloween costume / Sylvia Grider
Hard-boiled detective / Brendan Riley
Harley-Davidson motorcycle / Wendy Moon
Ernest Hemingway / R.H. Miller
Jimi Hendrix / Joy Haenlein
Audrey Hepburn / Lucy Rollin
Hershey bar / Dennis Hall
Hollywood / Thomas B. Byers
Horse / Barrett Shaw
Indian scout / Tom Holm
Martin Luther King, Jr. / Ricky L. Jones
Evel Knievel / Randy D. McBee
Kodak camera / Richard N. Masteller
Las Vegas / Lawrence E. Mintz
Rush Limbaugh / Thomas A. Greenfield
Charles A. Lindbergh / Roger B. Rollin
List / Dennis Hall
Log cabin / William J. Badley with Linda Badley
Lorraine Motel / Thomas S. Bremer
Jessica Lynch / Anna Froula
Loretta Lynn / Don Cusic
MAD magazine / Charles Hatfield
Madonna / Diane Pecknold
McDonalds / Betsy Beaulieu
Mexican-American border / Susana Perea-Fox and Iván Figueroa
Miami / Gary Harmon
Mickey Mouse / M. Thomas Inge
Miss Manners / Dennis Hall
Marilyn Monroe / Ann C. Hall
Mount Rushmore / Susan Grove Hall with Dennis Hall
Muppets / Robert Barshay
NASCAR's Bristol Motor Speedway / Barbara S. Hugenberg and Lawrence W. Hugenberg
Niagara Falls / Patrick McGreevy
Jack Nicholson / Thomas A. Van
Olmsted Park / Thomas J. Mickey
One-room schoolhouse / Ray B. Browne
Oscar / Robert Holtzclaw
Patchwork quilt / Judith Hatchett
Walter Payton / Clyde V. Williams
Polyester / Patricia A. Cunningham
Poster child / Mary Johnson
Elvis Presley / George Plasketes.
v. 3. Railroad / Arthur H. Miller
Robot / Ira Wells
Eleanor Roosevelt / Maurine H. Beasley
Rosie the Riveter / Kathleen L. Endres
Route 66 / Thomas A. Greenfield
Babe Ruth / J. Peter Williams
Scrapbook / Patricia Prandini Buckler
Tupac Shakur / Mickey Hess
Spaceship /Angela Hague
Sports bar / William R. Klink
Stadium / Sylvester Frazier, Jr.
Stonewall / Thomas Piontek
Suburbia / Philip C. Dolce
Superman / P. Andrew Miller
Tara / Diane Calhoun-French
Tattoo / Karen Aubrey
Henry David Thoreau / Daniel S. Kerr
Tractor / Robert T. Rhode
Tupperware / Judith Hatchett
Underground Railroad / J. Blaine Hudson
Viagra / Bennett Kravitz
Video game / Ken S. McAllister and Judd Ethan Ruggill
Vietnam Veterans Memorial / Linda Marie Small
Wal-Mart / Richard Daniels
John Wayne / David Magill
Whistler's mother / Elaine A. King
Oprah Winfrey / R. Mark Hall
Witch / Linda Badley
Tiger Woods / Michael K. Schoenecke
Wright brothers / Roger B. Rollin
Zipper / Robert Friedel.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

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Westport, Conn

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
306.0973/03
Library of Congress
E169.1 .A472155 2006eb, E169.1.A472155 2006

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Format
[electronic resource] :
Pagination
1 online resource (3 v.)

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Open Library
OL27016329M
Internet Archive
americaniconsenc00hall
ISBN 10
0313027676
ISBN 13
9780313027673
OCLC/WorldCat
230763268

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