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The next time you eat in a diner, thank Richard J. S. Gutman for the experience.
(Wall Street Journal )Stuffed with facts and photos, including pictures of old menus, advertising and blueprints. Two directories in the back provide information on diner manufacturers and list, state by state, 1,400 operating diners.
(Chicago Tribune )A great guide.
(Los Angeles Times )Diners are quintessential Americana, and Mr. Gutman offers a comprehensive view from their humble beginning to their heyday, decline, and revival.
(Baltimore Sun )The Bible, the Torah, and the Koran of diner lore, all in one handy volume.
(Hartford Courant )A welcome revised and expanded edition of Richard Gutman's now classic American Diner..
(SCA Journal )Beautifully illustrated, generously designed, and very well written.
(The Flying Lady )Book Description
A tour de force of American diners, including a comprehensive list of diners across the country
The classic stainless steel, streamlined diner could not have been a glint in the eye of Walter Scott, of Providence, Rhode Island, when he trundled down Westminster Street in 1872 in a light horse-drawn wagon laden with tasty sandwiches, boiled eggs, pies, and coffee. Read the first page
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Now here is the 2000 edition, published in paperback by Johns Hopkins (apparently Barry Levinson's hometown has more interest in diners than the folks at Harper). This is basically just a reprint of the 1993 edition, with a different cover, a new introduction, and a few names added to the diner index at the end. While on the one hand it's great that this modern classic is available again (it had been out of print for several years) I had hoped that there would be some new material in it. To be sure, this book still teaches you how to tell a Paramount from a Mountain View, or a Fodero from a Worcester Lunch Car, and makes a fine gift (Christmas or otherwise) for someone who doesn't have the '93 edition. Nevertheless, at the risk of sounding like an ingrate, I would have to say I slightly prefer the '93 edition, mainly because the cover photo, an interior shot of a restored Worcester Lunch Car, with all that luscious wood, is more attractive than the rather bland shot of Ford's Diner that graces the cover of the 2000 edition. But make no mistake, if you don't have any diner books and are looking for a good one, this is THE one to get----and if you've already got five other diner books, you should still get this, as it has the clearest explication of American diner history you're ever likely to read.
an intrest in the history find this to be the consumate
source of information. all he could do to improve this
is add more pictures both interior and exterior. Gutman
has preserved an American ICON forever
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