商品簡介
Humorous, awe-inspiring, and even inspirational—an illustrated celebration of everyday Americans’ outrageous competitive fire
From marathon dancing, to food eating contests, to beauty pageants of every variety, to pole sitting, rotten sneaker contests, animal calling contests, phone-booth stuffing, Americans love competing to see who can do anything better than anyone else. We Have a Winner! is the first book to offer a visually stunning tour through American history, from coast to coast, through our often whacky, uniquely themed contests: On Your Marks! (races); There She Is (beauty pageants); No Thanks, I’m Stuffed (food-eating contests); and much more! Covering more than a century’s worth of competition, and packed with 150 photos and fascinating sidebars, this book shows how the American competitive spirit—as whacky as it sometimes is—mirrors our culture’s trends, innovations, and news.
作者簡介
Railey Jane Savage is an editor and artist with a background in English literature and film studies. A Smith College graduate, former staffer at the prestigious Cornell Cinema, and daughter of two writers, she lives in Ithaca, New York.
