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Sting-Ray Afternoons

By Steve Rushin

Sting-Ray Afternoons

By Steve Rushin

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This is a story of the 1970s. Of a road trip in a wood-paneled station wagon, with the kids in the way-back, singing along to the Steve Miller Band. Of brothers waking up early on Saturday mornings for five consecutive hours of cartoons. Of growing up in a magical era populated by Bic pens, Mr. Clean and Scrubbing Bubbles, lightsabers and those oh-so-coveted Schwinn Sting-Ray bikes. And of a father -- one of 3M's greatest and last eight-track salesmen -- traveling across the country on the brand-new Boeing 747, providing for his family but wanting nothing more than to get home. In Sting-Ray Afternoons, Steve Rushin paints an utterly nostalgic, psychedelically vibrant portrait of a decade overflowing with technological evolution, cultural revolution, as well as brotherly, sisterly, and parental love. "Funny, elegiac... a remarkably sunny coming-of-age story about growing up in a Midwest world." -- NPR
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
354
Release Date:
2018-07-17
Publication Date:
2018-07-17
Publisher:
Hachette Book Group
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0316392251
ISBN13:
9780316392259
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
314 g
Height:
141 cm
Width:
211 cm
Thickness:
27 cm
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