A recently published larger format, paperback book by Gordon Eliot White on the
Jenkins is "Ab and Marvin Jenkins: The Studebaket Connection and the Mormon
Meteors". It's better writing, a more comprehensive book than "Salt of the
Earth" on the 1930's salt runs and the association with the Duesenberg brothers
and other racing Ab did in the twenties. I really appreciate his knowledge and
have enjoyed all of his books. Gordon held a Bonneville record in a sprint car
within the last twenty years. He is curator of the Smithsonian Racing
collection and took four of us through the Smithsonian's Silver Hill warehouses
to show us what isn't on dislay at the museum. He was the Washington reporter
for The Deseret News in the sixties and early seventies if memory serves. See
www,iconografix.com for information on other well researched books he has
written. Another book he wrote that was published by Motorbooks International
is "Offenhauser: The Legendary Racing Engine and the Men Who B
uilt It".
Wes
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