Brooks, Ann

South on Rolling Wheels: Trailer Adventures in the South [American South – 1950s]

New York: Exposition Press, 1956. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket.

A mid-century American road narrative following Ann Brooks as she travels by trailer through the Southern states during the postwar boom in automobile tourism. Blending firsthand observation with regional character sketches, Brooks captures small towns, backroads, and local encounters at a moment when the South was changing but not yet transformed by the coming interstate system.

Tan cloth with red spine titles; 8vo. 8.25 inches tall; 136 pages. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. The dust jacket has the price of $3.00 and has spine corner wear with chips along the top front near the spine. Bookplate on the free front endpage.

A lively mid-century travel narrative recounting Ann Brooks’s trailer journey through the American South during the postwar boom in automobile tourism. Written at a time when modern highways, motor courts, and family trailers were transforming domestic travel, Brooks offers an engaging first-person account of regional landscapes, backroads, small towns, and the people encountered along the way.

Part travelogue and part cultural snapshot, the book captures the optimism and curiosity of 1950s American road culture while exploring the distinct identities of southern states before the coming era of interstate homogenization.

Subjects: American South; 1950s Travel; Road Culture; Automobile Tourism; Regional Exploration; Mid-Century Memoir; Southern Landscapes; Exposition Press.

Item #17386

Price: $45.00