A couple of horrific wrecks make him question his need for speed. Not long ago, i told you more about her in this blog, but i left out some critical details to the readers at. This is an update of a previous post by sharon rickson. Founded in 1965, motorbooks was acquired by the quarto group in late 2007. The summer of 69 came to a close half a century ago, but the culmination of the 1960sa decade of sexual revolution and dramatic political change, cultural celebrities, social scandals, and literary epiphaniesstill feels more relevant than ever. The hot rod movement has always been a grassroots, groundswell movement, an underground art form that defies a straightforward chronicle succinctly tied up with a bow. Its the golden age of the hot rod and custom car, and southern california is the place to be. We expect to be back to same or next day shipping soon. He changes his mind when jack blodgett, the local speed demon, impresses davids girl, janie pitts, and david makes his car the fastest in town. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in hot rods of the 50s. Youll find many books with speed secrets, flathead engine building and vern tardels traditional hot rod books. Dec 08, 2018 the best evidence that this is all a corvette urban legend is in alan sevadjians 2018 book, fifty years of the corvette grand sport. The paperback of the street rod by henry gregor felsen, holly felsen.
Considering that this 1950 book was reprinted yet again in 2011, that various. However, they also have an extensive history in north america and have been part of that continents motorcycling soul since long before world war ii. Young people created a much larger vocabulary of slang and a lot of it remains in use today. She owns a really cool vintage styled 32 hot rod herself and its the star of deuce of spades and more importantly damn. Street rod, it seems, was one of the more memorable efforts in his oeuvre. But when one of his high school hot rod pals shuts him down while on a date with his best chick, its a total put down and he retaliates by souping up his rod. He found a member of the national safety council to write him a recommendation, and the book was put to print in 1949 or 50. Its about cars, and what they meant to the adolescent youth of the age. Felsen, born in brooklyn, settled in iowa, served as a marine in wwii, and wrote many books. Jun 06, 2014 a couple of horrific wrecks make him question his need for speed. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. David langham, the youngest son of a hot rod hating father, judge langham, buys an old jalopy but, out of respect for his father, doesnt convert it.
You probably want to read some lesbian pulp fiction. A period correct hot rod film about the 50s made by faith. Of course, the book was a runaway success, and lead to many other car books penned by felsen, including street rod, crash club, boy gets car which was later released as road rocket and rag top. These words were splashed across the cover of hot rod, warning readers. The great 1950s tbucket hot rod rivalry the selvedge yard. Nov, 20 grammy nominated photographer david perry teams up with gearhead records on this movie based on his bestselling book hot rod pinups. Felsen wrote hot rod in a rather short amount of time two weeks if i remember correctly, and he did so at the suggestion of the iowa saftey council, who wanted him to write a book about driver. Norm grabowski is the undisputed granddaddy of the. The eye opening novel about streetrodders the kids who build and drive the. Book of i samuel leaf from 1782 the aitkens bible with booklet. The hot rod culture and beat generation also had a major impact on the development of 1950s slang. Hot rod by henry gregor felsen goodreads share book. Written in 1950, this book gives an historical look at the dangers of teens and.
This novel, street rod was a major exception and one of the few ya novels good. Jun 23, 2016 hot rod by henry gregor felsen vintage paperback 1950 bantam book fiction ford roadster by vintagebaron on etsy. First read hot rod in high school in the early 50s. Hot rod pin ups by david perry gorgeous girls and vintage. I dont remember, but it must have been a hardbound edition. Car and vehicle racingteen fiction, sports teen fiction. People that expect this book to mean what it did when they were kids are idiots. A young hot rodder, needing money to go to college, decides to participate in an illegal drag race. Then one day a classmate told me that he had picked up the latest, street rod hardbound in the high school library and i waited anxiously for him to finish it so i could check it out. Hot rods and customs from this period will be revered, copied, and restored to preserve for all time this magical era in automotive history. Here is a collection of vintage hot rod visual culture.
Steve fisher homicide johnny popular library 229, 1950 cover artist. Hot rods and racing cars 002 hot rods and this book has 36 pages and was uploaded by fett on may the file size. Stephen king, when interviewed for an article called reading while famous, named felsen as one of four authors who most influenced him when he was young. Hot rod by henry gregor felsen, street rod by henry gregor felsen, fever heat by henry gregor felsen, crash club by henry greg. Orders may ship a day or two later than usual due to temporary short staffing and the large volume of orders received since we reopened. I have the book hot rod detroit which is a really good piece on the. Review by jim clark the hot rod md this book is titled the little bastards and is different than most of the books featured on hotrod hotline because it is fiction rather than factbased and includes no photos. Pick a link list to show here in your theme settings.
Henry gregor felsen august 16, 1916 march 2, 1995 was an american writer, particularly of middle grade mg and teen ya books. Check out selected results from nypl title quest 2019, held august 2, 2019, as well as title quest 2018. Sevadjian is one of the owners of duntov motors and is. Motorbooks is among the worlds leading transportation publishers, offering books created by motorings top photographers and writers, many created with major partners like harleydavidson, chevrolet, ford and chrysler and magazines like hot rod and cycle world.
Felsen, henry gregor, welch, holly felsen, welch, holly. The best evidence that this is all a corvette urban legend is in alan sevadjians 2018 book, fifty years of the corvette grand sport. His bestselling book was hot rod, one of a rodding series that also included street rod. Unfollow american hot rod book to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Nov 22, 2017 finding a book when youve forgotten its title by gwen glazer, communications november 22, 2017. May 24, 2009 tommyy ivo top and norm grabowski in his famous kookie kar squareoff at the national hot rod associations drag racing meet held at the old santa ana drag strip. From howto build em to coffee table books and novels about em, we have hot rods covered. It can be tough to remember the title and author of a book you read a long time ago. Hot rod pulp fiction 17 books goodreads share book.
This 60 minute sumptuous sampler of classic 50s style pinup. Sep 30, 2019 jump back 50 years and get a sense of americas most radical decade for yourself with these books from the 1960s. At the heart of the art are a handful of innovators who have pushed the tradition to evergreater heights over the past halfcenturyand these are the artists profiled in this book. Now you can take this nostalgic look back through pages that have captured the. What was the process your dad followed when writing a book. The author jim lindsay is a gearhead like most of us, and grew up in a small oregon town during the 50s where he. Great pictures and andy southard did a great job of representing cars of that era. Henry gregor felsen was a prolific writer of short stories and pulp novels, but is probably best known among young readers of his generation as the author of a series of books related to the hotrod car culture of the 1950s and 1960s. The hot rod scene is one that as much as it progresses and moves forward, always has one foot firmly planted in the past. Feb 16, 2006 i read his books in junior high as well, starting with hot rod, and then worked my way through the rest of his car novels at our school library. Hot rod music was largely a product of a number of surf music groups running out of ideas for new surfing songs and simultaneously shifting their lyrical focus toward hot rods.
In the early days of paperbacks for teenagers i think they. The allamerican hot rod is a history by those who lived it, the numerous voices and images of people who know and love the hot rod like nothing else. This is as much down to the vintage vehicles that dominate. Rudolph belarski everybody wanted her even the killer. Street rod by henry gregor felsen, holly felsen welch. I have yet to mention that hot rod is ostensibly a young adult novel, but dont let. Grammy nominated photographer david perry teams up with gearhead records on this movie based on his bestselling book hot rod pinups.
The tbucket hot rod craze started back in the 1950s, and is still alive and screamin today. And so began the 1950 novel hot rod, and with it the careers and hobbies of countless customizers, grease monkeys, throttle jockeys. After struggling financially during the depression, felsen sold nine books and hundreds of. He actually used hot rod and henry gregor felsen as a book ben hanscom was reading in the book it. Nov 09, 2006 in the 50s, 60s books for young people written about hot rods, wher in 1, the kids went over a bridge in the i remember the car that was built was a hot rod, and i beleive the colors were pink and. Henry gregor felsen august 16, 1916 march 2, 1995 was an american writer, particularly of. Here is a list of popular 1950s slang terms and their definitions. Finding a book when youve forgotten its title the new york. And, men being men, a lot of these books were of the sleazy variety.
And so began the 1950 novel hot rod, and with it the careers and. Over the past 50 years hot rod magazine has been at the forefront of the performance movement by featuring photographs and articles of dragsters, roadsters, slingshots, buggies, kemps, coupes, and their drivers. He actually used hot rod and henry gregor felsen as a book ben hanscom was. Decades from now, these scenes will be relived and recreated thousands of times. From the chop shops of east bakersfield to the drag strips and deserts of california and utah, david perrys photographs expose the underbelly of the hot rod obsession.
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