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Selected References:

Boardman, John. Living on Wheels: The Complete Guide to Motor Homes. Blue Ridge Summit, PA: Tab Books, 1987.

Burkhart, Bryan. Airstream: The History of the Land Yacht. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2000.

Byam, Wally. Trailer Travel Here and Abroad: The New Way to Adventurous Living. New York: David McKay Company, 1960. (Airstream)

Edwards, Carlton M. Homes for Travel and Living: The History and Development of the Recreation Vehicle and Mobile Home Industries. East Lansing, MI: Carol Edwards and Associates, 1977.

Kiefer, Charles. "Wally Byam--The Man and the Myth." Trailer Life. (March 1981).

Landau, Robert, and James Phillippi. Airstream. Salt Lake City, UT: Gibbs M. Smith, 1984.

Mergen, Bernard. Recreation Vehicles and Travel: A Resource Guide. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1985.

Peterson, Kay. Home Is Where You Park It. rev. ed. Livingston, TX: RoVers Publications, 1990.

Stewart, Doug. "To Airstreamers, A Nomad's Life is the Good Life." Smithsonian (December 1985): 74-83.

Thornburg, David A. Galloping Bungalows: The Rise and Demise of the American House Trailer. Hamden, CT: Shoe String Press, Inc., 1990.

Wallis, Allan D. Wheel Estate: The Rise and Decline of Mobile Homes. New York: Oxford University Press, 1991.

White, Roger B. Home on the Road: The Motor Home in America. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 2000.

_________ "At Home on the Highway." American Heritage (December 1985): 98-105.

Wolman, Baron (photog.) Vans: A Book of Rolling Rooms. Garden City, NY: Dolphin Books, 1976.

Prepared by the Transportation Collections,
National Museum of American History,in
cooperation with the Public Inquiry Mail
Service, Smithsonian Institution

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