Going, Going, Gone: Vanishing Americana

By Marilyn Nissenson and Susan Jonas

Book Overview

Revised

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811819191
• ISBN13: 9780811819190
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: Chronicle Books LLC
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 1.0" x 1.0"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

Going, Going Great!

My husband got Going, Going Gone out of the library and read it, I read it, my Dad read it, we all liked it. This book catalogs many of those things our moms, dads and grandparents used or did in daily life that are vanishing through changes in society or technology: carbon paper, rotary phone, garter belts, or mending socks for example. The book describes the things that lead to the phasing out of the old products and methods. The photocopier killed carbon paper for example. The only down side I can see is that the book is too short. My Dad thought it was written from a slightly feminist point of view, but I didn't really notice it. I am writing this review before buying 2 copies for Christmas presents.