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Summary:
Have you ever wondered how toothpaste gets into the tube? How stripes get on a candy cane? More than just a travel guide, Watch It Made in the U.S.A. helps you experience firsthand the products, companies, technology, and workers that fuel our economy, from Ben and Jerry's to Harley-Davidson. Whether you're curious about potato chips or computer chips, cars or crayons, you can count on authors and factory-tour experts Karen Axelrod and Bruce Brumberg to help you and your family discover information about more than 300 ordinary and extraordinary products most of us take for granted.
Customer Reviews:
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Great guide for planning cross country trip
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I'm planning to take my two teenagers cross country this summer and this is a GREAT book for finding interesting places to show them. It has excellent maps, clear directions, and well-written descriptions of what you will (and won't) see so I can figure out what sites will best entertain the different family members. I only wish we had time to see more of the places they describe. It even tells you what other nearby attractions there are. Kudos to the authors!
Love Factory Tours
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My wife and I love to go on factory tours and visit company museums when we travel. It's corny, I know, but fun. This book gives wonderful examples of some of the best tours and museums around. Whenever we're going on a road trip, we always consult Watch It Made in the U.S.A.: A Visitor's Guide to the Best Factory Tours and Company Museums (Watch It Made in the USA) to help us decide where we might like to go. I would very much recommend it for families with young kids who might enjoy such tours, and probably retirees who have the time and interest for them, as well.
Excellent for travelers
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This is an excellent book for anyone who is interested in things made in the USA. It gives a nice description of the facilities, locations, tour times, cost and lengths, age appropriateness, and phone numbers. We like to travel the country and will use the information to plan our trips. The book is well organized and very helpful.
Behinds the Scenes!
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This is my first review in Amazon.
I am always curious about how things are made, and after watching many episodes of "How do they do it", and "How it's made" on discovery Channel. I started to look for extra resources for a better understanding on these "behind the scenes" mysteries. Then, I found this book. And this book is a real treasure! The book is well organized, It provides many detail information about the factory tours, and the brief background of the companies.
Thanks to this book, now I have some itineraries in mind. I plan to visit KitchenAid's factory in the near future for my mom. (My family is in Taiwan) She is a big fan of KitchenAid mixer. ha. I will also visit Airstream company as well, Owning a travel trailer is my dream, and I want to know how it is made, And I will be more determined to realize this dream! Maybe one day I will write a similar book "Watch it made in Taiwan" in a mobile trailer office. Who knows?!
Watch It Made In The USA
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Great book, I did not know that a book like this existed. Will definitly come in handy when planning trips. Checked information on places we have already been and information was accurate.
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