Then there is Arthur Frommer's Branson, a travel guide he assigned to himself because of his Missouri boyhood. Although he might have enjoyed writing a book that celebrated the city's enterprise, he was repulsed by what he saw.
"I hated the jingoism. I hated these country singers, who had all been draft dodgers themselves during Vietnam, who marched down the aisle with drum beats, with machine-gun bullets, and waved the flag," he says, still disgusted. "Also, all of these people who become so religious! . . . Many of the country-music theaters in Branson are used as stages for proselytizing."
Considering what might be called Frommer's "trav-angelical" inclinations, it's interesting that Branson offended him so.
"It's the only guidebook in history," he says, "that tells the reader, in effect, do not go!"
Jay Boyar
Sentinel Travel Editor
Frommers Guide - Hates Branson
Arthur Frommer has no problem inserting politics into his guide. This article in The Orlando Sentinel cleary outlines Arthur's political agenda. Hmmm...
