List,
I just received a note from a former Bonneville record holder and genuinely
nice guy Gordon Eliot White. He has a new book out that is somewhat of a
companion to his excellent book "Offenhauser, the Legendary American Racing
Engine and the Men Who Built It." The new book is The Indinapolis Racing
Cars of Frank Curtis, 1941 - 1963 a Photo Archive. I cherish my Offenhauser
book, it is well written, well researched and written by someone who has an
insiders knowledge of the engines. His Bonneville record was set with one.
The second printing of "Offenhauser" sold out in 1999 but Gordon has some
copies of a third edition. The new book is $29.95 plus $3.95 postage and
insurance ( + 15 cents sales tax in Virginia). If you want both books it
would be $74.85 total. (Offenhauser is $39.95 plus $3.95 p&i by itself.)
Tell him you want it/both autographed!
You can send him a check at; Kurtis Book c/o Gordon White, Box 129,
Hardyville, VA 23070 ... he isn't set up to take credit cards apparently.
I hope you'll excuse my getting commercial on you but this is a rare
oportunity to get a first edition of a book that is really well done ... and
it's by a racer who has been there/done that. He's now a consultant for the
Smithsonian in their racing automotive section and encyclopedic in his depth
of knowledge of the subjects he writes about. Any review you read about
"Offenhauser" is lavish in praise of the book. I'd guess that any time you
get an award winning newspaperman writing about a subject he knows and
loves, the result would be excellent.
Might even leave a copy of this e-mail around where your wife could find it.
Christmas is coming in less than a month.
Happy holidays,
Wes
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