Wedding Bell Blues: A Guided Tour of America's Love Affair with Marriage

by Michael Barson and Steven Heller

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Bargain Books are non-returnable. Love and marriage, horse and carriage, they may go together in that old classic croon... But in twentieth-century America-hang on tight-the horses have run wild and it's one bumpy ride! Welcome to the world of Wedding Bell Blues, a romp through our endless fascination with that most august of domestic institutions: marriage. Celebrated (and bemoaned) in every medium imaginable, weddings and marriage are as much a part of life as birth, death, and taxes. Hundreds of nostalgic images, from advertisements to magazine covers to movie posters, display the full range of romance and allure of real and fictional brides and grooms. Seasoned advice from the likes of Archie Bunker to turn-of-the-century marriage manuals lend a note of unsolicited, and often absurd, guidance to the uninitiated. Whether you're already hitched, have been, or vow never to be, tying the knot will hardly look the same again.
  • ISBN10 0811821544
  • ISBN13 9780811821544
  • Publish Date 1 February 2000
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 13 December 2008
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Chronicle Books
  • Format Paperback
  • Language English