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Re: New Kurtis Book

To: Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net>
Subject: Re: New Kurtis Book
From: Glen Barrett <speedtimer@earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 19:25:51 -0800
Keith
I thought Alabama law was to wrap them in more chain than they could swim with
and toss them in the swamp.
Glen

Keith Turk wrote:

> Wes.... List.... if it's something you believe in then it's not
> commercialisim....it's supporting something and sharing it with your
> friends.... Wouldn't you tell your friends in Person about the great book
> you read?  about a Great place you did business with?  our country and our
> hobby is know for that...
>
> Keith
> ( bad mouthing a vendor can be considered liable if not true... couple of
> interesting court cases document this )
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Wester S Potter" <wspotter@jps.net>
> To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, November 27, 2000 7:40 PM
> Subject: New Kurtis Book
>
> > 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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