Addicted to Americana: Celebrating Classic & Kitschy American Life & Style

A few criticize Charles Phoenix for placing himself too prominently in this book, but after receiving this book I disagree, and Charles is only someone I have had somewhat limited prior knowledge of. This book is very clearly about AMERICANA as presented by Charles and although he's definitely taking a back seat to the wealth of historic images, they are his collection, passion and stories, and it makes perfect sense to me that he's ever-present. I certainly never thought his inclusion was obtrusive in any way. I really enjoyed his perspective and anecdotes guiding me through the large and beautifully presented collection. My 87 year old mother really enjoyed the trip down memory lane too! It's a great book FILLED with pages of great photos at a great price. Get it.

Great book on days gone by with a lot of nice photos and memories. The only thing that is bothersome is the proofreading wasn’t very good...a lot of I corrected things make it a little hard to read (for me, it’s because I want to make the corrections). Bit other than that, it is so cool. Happy with my purchase.

I thought the it got down to the basics of this time. It was very much to the point and practically took the words out of my mouth, good job! Charles hit it right on the nail according to his views and experience as a story teller. It brought back a lot of very young memories in my personal life. Look re-living your happy youth again, finding you personal time capsule! Keep me alerted for other books by this author if you possibly can. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to own this Great experience.

Fun, kitschy nostalgia from mid-century America. Phoenix is from around the same area in SoCal that I grew up, so many of the pictures are of my own childhood, but there are restaurants, motels and them parks across the country featured. The one thing that irked me were the 84 pictures of Charles Phoenix himself that are in this book. Yep, I counted them. 84.

My husband saw Charles Phoenix when he did a presentation on Disneyland. Some of those clips are found in this book. It is colorful and fun as well as filled with interesting facts about American lifestyle. It is neat to see things from the past that no longer exists today.

Great book, splendid colour photos ! A fabulous journey through the United States of the 50’s and 60’s...

I've loved all of the Charles Phoenix books, and this was a nice addition. However, most of the places and things shown are located in California. It would have been nice if more non-CA stuff was covered. Where was the South of the Border Motel ? South Carolina wants to know.One thing I found interesting is that in earlier books, Charles appears one time. In this book, he appears 66 times. Maybe the next book will be "Addicted to Charles".

What a fun book, so many wonderful pictures of America at a great time in tourism history!