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
Sting-Ray Afternoons: A Memoir
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Author: Rushin, Steve
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780316392235
Details:
Author: Rushin, Steve
Brand: Little, Brown and Company
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Number Of Pages: 336
Release Date: 03-07-2017
Part Number: 9780316392235
EAN: 9780316392235
Package Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 1.2 inches
Languages: English
