Most of these books
are stocked in our museum gift shop. The books that are marked with 
are ones we really (really) liked. If
you are writing about John Preble's Abita Mystery House, we recommend you read
two books: Self-Made Worlds: Visionary Folk Art Environments
by Roger Manley, Mark Sloan, Jonathan Williams (ISBN: 0893817325) and
Weird & Wonderful: The Dime Museum in America by Andrea Stulman
Dennett (ISBN: 0814718868).
Road
Trip Books
Fun Along the Road: American
Tourist Attractions
by John Margolies ISBN: 0821223518
Home Away from Home: Motels in America
by John Margolies ISBN: 0821221620
Americans on the Road: From Autocamp to Motel, 1910-1945
by Warren James Belasco ISBN: 0801857341
The Motel in America (Road and American Culture)
by John A. Jakle ISBN: 0801853834
Main Street to Miracle Mile: American Roadside Architecture
by Chester H. Liebs ISBN: 0801850959
Home on the Road: The Motor Home in America
by Roger B. White ISBN: 1560988924
Airstream: The History of the Land Yacht
by Bryan Burkhart, David Hunt ISBN: 0811824713
Look! It's An Airstream Postcard Box
ISBN: 0811826546
Route 66: The Illustrated Guidebook to the Mother Road
by Bob Moore, Patrick Grauwels ISBN: 0964145707
Route 66: The Mother Road
by Michael Wallis ISBN: 0312082851
A Guide Book to Highway 66
by Jack D. Rittenhouse ISBN: 0826311482
Road
Side Attraction Books
Weird & Wonderful: The Dime Museum in America by Andrea Stulman
Dennett ISBN: 0814718868
The New Roadside America: The Modern Traveler's Guide to the Wild and
Wonderful America's Tourist Attractions
by Doug Kirby, Ken Smith, Mike Wilkins ISBN: 0671769316
Offbeat Museums: The Collections and Curators of America's Most Unusual
Museums
by Saul Rubin ISBN: 0963994646
America's Strangest Museums: A Traveler's Guide to the Most Unusual
and Eccentric Collections
by Sandra Gurvis ISBN: 080652037X
Little Museums: Over 1,000 Small (And Not-So-Small) American Showplaces
by Lynne Arany ISBN: 0805048235
Watch It Made in the U.S.A: A Visitor's Guide to the Companies That
Make Your Favorite Products
by Karen Axelrod ISBN: 1562613375
52 More Offbeat Texas Stops : Traveling With Bob Phillips, Texas Country
Reporter by Bob Phillips ; ISBN: 0963654152
Only in Mississippi: A Guide for the Adventurous Traveler
by Lorraine Redd, Lorraine Redd-Allen, Jack E. Davis ISBN: 0937552542
Gas
Station Books
The American Gas Station
by Michael Karl Witzel ISBN: 0760306494
Roadside Memories: A Collection of Vintage Gas Station Photographs
by Todd P. Helms, Chip Flohe ISBN: 0764302787
Gas Station Memories
by Michael Karl Witzel ISBN: 0879389257
Pop
Culture Books
Pulp Art: Original Cover Paintings
for the Great American Pulp Magazine
by Robert Lesser b ISBN: 0517200589
American Junk: How to Hunt For, Haggle Over, Rescue and Transform America's
Forgotten Treasures (From by Mary Randolph Carter ISBN: 0140244050
Fabulous Barkcloth: Home Decorating Textiles from the '30S, '40S, &
'50s
ISBN: 0764308378
Fabulous Fabrics of the 50s (And Other Terrific Textiles of the 20S,
30S, and 40S)
ISBN: 0764301985
Terrific Tablecloths from the '40s & '50s
by Loretta Smith Fehling ISBN: 0764305492
More Terrific Tablecloths
by Loretta Smith Fehling ISBN: 0764309757
Pinball Machine Care and Maintenance
by Bernard B. Kamoroff ISBN: 0917510135
Googie : Fifties Coffee Shop Architecture
by Alan Hess ISBN: 0877013349
American Circus Posters in Full Color
by Charles P. ISBN: 0486236935
Folk
Art Books
Tramp Art : A Folk Art Phenomenon
by Helaine Fendelman, Jonathan Taylor (Photographer)
ISBN: 1556709056
Hobo and Tramp Art Carving
by Adolph Vandertie, Patrick Spielman (Contributor)
ISBN: 080693185X
"Tramp Art, One Notch At A Time"
by Clifford A. Wallach, Michael Cornish ISBN: 0964171023
Freak Show: Sideshow Banner Art
by Carl Hammer, Gideon Bosker (Contributor)
ISBN: 081180707X
Little Altars Everywhere
by Rebecca Wells ISBN: 0060976845
Southern
Culture Books
Welcome to the World, Baby Girl!
by Fannie Flagg ISBN: 080411868X
Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man
by Fannie Flagg ISBN: 0446394521
Fannie Flagg's Original Whistle Stop Cafe Cookbook:
by Fannie Flagg ISBN: 0449910288
Redneck Heaven: Portrait of a Vanishing Culture
by Bethany E. Bultman ISBN: 055337804X
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
by Rebecca Wells ISBN: 0060928336
White Trash Cooking II : Recipes for Gatherin's
by Ernest Matthew Mickler ISBN: 0898158923
White Trash Cooking
by Ernest Matthew Mickler ISBN: 0898151899
Sleeping at the Starlite Motel
by Bailey White ISBN: 0679770151
Mama Makes Up Her Mind
by Bailey White ISBN: 0679751602
Southern by the Grace of God
by Lewis Grizzard ISBN: 1563522799
Chili Dawgs Always Bark at Night
by Lewis Grizzard ISBN: 0345367081
Memphis Elvis-Style
by Cindy Hazen, Mike Freeman (Contributor)
ISBN: 0895871734
Dr. Verne's Northern White Trash Etiquette
by Verne Edstrom ISBN: 1583485422
Art
Environment Books
Garish Gardens Outlandish Lawns
by Ronald C. Modra, Mary Beth Roberts ISBN: 1572231408
Gardens of Revelation : Environments by Visionary Artists
by John Beardsley, James Pierce (Photographer)
ISBN: 1558593608
Recycled Re-Seen : Folk Art from the Global Scrap Heap
by Charlene Cerny, Suzanne Seriff, John Bigelow Taylor
ISBN: 0810926660
Self-Made Worlds: Visionary Folk Art Environments
by Roger Manley, Mark Sloan, Jonathan Williams
ISBN: 0893817325
Weird Rooms
by Alexander Vertikoff ISBN: 0764900102
Bicycle
Books
The American Bicycle
by Jay Pridmore (Contributor), James Hurd
ISBN: 0760300372
Schwinn Bicycles
by Jay Pridmore, Jim Hurd (Contributor)
ISBN: 0760301271
Collecting and Restoring Antique Bicycles
by G. Donald Adams ISBN: 0964953714
The Bicycle
ISBN: 2080135511
Bike Cult: The Ultimate Guide to Human-Powered Vehicles
by David B. Perry ISBN: 1568580274
Bicycle Repair Manual
by Richard Ballantine, Richard Grant ISBN: 1564584844
Good
Car Books
Old Car Wrecks: And the Vehicles at Accident Scenes, 1920s to 1960s
by Ron Kowalke ISBN: 0873415108
Ultimate Car Spotter's Guide 1946-1969
by Tad Burness ISBN: 0873416295
Station Wagon: A Tribute to America's Workaholic on Wheels
by Ron Kowalke ISBN: 0873415671
Station Wagons
by Byron Olsen, Dan Lyons ISBN: 076030632X
New
Orleans Music Books
I Hear You Knockin : The Sound of New Orleans Rhythm and Blues
by Jeff Hannusch ISBN: 0961424508
The Soul of New Orleans: A Legacy of Rhythm and Blues
by Jeffery Hannusch ISBN: 0961424583
Rhythm and Blues in New Orleans
by John Broven ISBN: 0882894331
The Brothers: An Autobiography
by Art Neville, David Ritz, Aaren Neville, Charles Neville, Aaron Neville,
Cyril Neville
ISBN: 0306810530
Under a Hoodoo Moon: The Life of Dr. John the Night Tripper
by John, Jack Rummel, John, Dr. Mac Rebennack, Mac Rebennack ISBN:
0312131976
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