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Why We Drive : The Past, Present and Future of Automobiles in America
Author(s): Andy Singer (Author)
- Publisher: MICROCOSM PUBLISHING
- Publication Date: 13 Sept. 2013
- Edition: Illustrated
- Language: English
- Print length: 160 pages
- ISBN-10: 1621064867
- ISBN-13: 9781621064862
Book Description
Editorial Reviews
Review
“Vaguely reminiscent of “The Far Side” sketches of Gary Larson or Nick Park’s “Wallace and Gromit,” his cartoons typically feature puffy people in unhappy situations, a commentary on the supposed ease of car ownership.” –Frederick Melo, twincities.com
“[…] refreshingly atypical and accessible. Casual readers will find much to enjoy here, and readers with mixed feelings about cars and car dependency will come away from “Why We Drive” with a great deal of food for thought.” –Elizabeth O’Brien, newpages.com
.”..useful reading for all transport activists…” –Gabriel Carlyle, “Peace News”
“When short-sighted boneheads like Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, who turn down millions in stimulus money intended to fund the construction of light rail, start to see the economic value and heath benefits of scraping the car culture, we’ll be heading further in the right direction. Until then, get on your bikes and ride!” –Chris Auman, reglarwiglar.blogspot.com
“Short and stylishly-illustrated, with a useful bibiography and directory of campaigning organisations, Singer’s book will be useful reading for all transport activists.” –Gabriel Carlyle, “Peace News”
.”..concisely and candidly tell a story about how we got where we are today.” –Lucas Lindsey, thisbigcity.net
“Andy Singer is a graphical genius with a passion to reform the way we arrange things on the landscape–namely the car-clogged wilderness of suburban dreck where most of us have to live. He makes this set of difficult issues easy to understand and points the way to a happier mode of existence in places that are worth caring about and worth living in. Every politician in America should study this book.” –James Howard Kunstler, author, “The Geography of Nowhere” and “The Long Emergency”
“[Singer’s] work has always pointed out the innate absurdities in everyday American life.” –“Salon.com”
“A merciless assault on one of the most prized aspects of modern culture. Both thought provoking and humerous” ” –Oregon Cycling Mag” on “CARtoons”
“An engaging and witty collection.” –“Patriot News”
“Andy Focuses on profound truths, distilling essential conundra of existence to a few simple lines in a single box.” –Ted Rall
“Singer is an editorial cartoonist with an unerring eye for the absurdity of our current car dependence.” –“E” magazine
