Books and trailers!

What a great pairing!

Okay - I know that's not a vintage trailer in the background.  But it's not a bad design for a Little Free Library.  I've been thinking it would be fun to have one at our house... perhaps modeled after our trailer?

Edit:  This morning I was able to find out more about the LFL in the photo above.

Jim and Karyl McClellan. Kannapolis, NC. people involved. Our T@B camper in the background is the inspiration for our LFL. We have books for children of all ages as well as novels and nonfiction. Most of the original books were books we had previously enjoyed while camping across the country. Our neighborhood has enjoyed the library and it is such fun to see people browsing the books! We are a small neighborhood but it seems to have brought us together a bit more.

Their library, and many others can be seen on the Little Free Libraries "Libraries of Distinction" Pinterest board.

That would work!

Who knew?

You may or may not know that I'm a Librarian - and now that I've stated it you can't not know.  Unless you're late to the blog and never see this post.  No doubt I'll mention it again for the latecomers.

ANYHOW... working in a public library can be something of a trip at times.  And I'm not talking camping trip!  We get all sorts coming through our doors - all ages, and many variations of mental stability.  Some are easier to deal with than others, and there's one patron in particular who I really like but who has some severe mental issues that really seem to have taken a turn for the worse lately.  Full on paranoid schizophrenia.

This has to do with trailers, I swear it!

This afternoon she called while I was on the desk, and she had a question about the cover of a book she had checked out earlier.  The bar code we put on the book covered some words, and she wanted to know what they said.  I looked it up online and

OH MY GOD LOOK AT THOSE TRAILERS!!!!

The patron was particularly interested in what it said there at the top and exactly which words were capitalized.

Patron:  "and are the W's in Willy Wonka both capitalized?"

Me:  "yes, both W's are capitalized, the "m" in meets is not, but the "T" and "M" in The Matrix -

OH MY GOD LOOK AT THOSE TRAILERS!!!!

They do bear a suspicious resemblance to this...

Sort of.

I've been meaning to read that book.  It's just moved a few more notches up towards the top of my stack.  I want to find out what's up with those trailers on the cover.

Book Review - Trailerama

Trailerama - Phil Noyes


If you're looking for a book to satisfy your lust for visual images of vintage trailers, then this is it!  Noyes has pulled together an impressive collection of ephemera related to these old beauties, and organized it in a manner that even a librarian could love!  I sat for an hour or so and paged through this book, enjoying every image and the sparse but pointed commentary.  Trailerama is an interesting peek into the world of life in a mobile home - small or large.

Advertisements and old photos combine to create this nostalgic look at the culture surrounding trailer life.  A lot has changed over the years, but the love for a little mobile home away from home hasn't diminished.  We still yearn for the chance to get out and see more of the world around us, and this glimpse of the trailer lifestyle will inspire even the most immobile to head for their nearest state park, trailer in tow.

It's all about hitting the road and having a good time.

Tuesday Trash

I suppose if one is going to immerse oneself into vintage trailer culture, it can't be done without acknowledging the seedy side of things.

Seeing as I'm a Librarian, it seems fitting I should start this look into the dark side of trailer life with books.  I found three delightfully tawdry pulp fiction covers of books that spotlight the trailer life.

Are you ready?  Are you SURE?!!

That there is some mighty fine pulp fiction art!  I'll have to keep my eyes open and look for these and other prime specimens of trailer themed literature while I'm on my rounds.  I bet those are some good reads as well, know what I mean wink wink nudge nudge eh?

Eh?