Description: The Volkswagen Beetle. No other vehicle has inspired such spontaneous and completely heartfelt goodwill. Celebrated by fan clubs from Los Angeles to Moscow, there are also countless fanzines and Internet sites that pay tribute to this diminutive German car. For all these automotive disciples comes Beetle Mania, with hundreds of full-color photographs and an energetic design that brings the history of the Volkswagen Beetle to life: its humble 1934 beginnings in Fredinand Porsche's workshop, its prominent place as an emblem of '60s counterculture, and its current, incredibly popular reincarnation -- in total, the indelible impression made upon world culture by those two little cartoon-character headlights and the irrepressible grin of its swooping, bell-curve hood. Like the Beetle itself, Beetle Mania is not only the history and celebration of an automobile, it's also a vital record of society's changing image of itself.

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