{"product_id":"road-rocket-9781642341324","title":"Road Rocket","description":"\u003cp\u003eCan a teenager afford a car? Even a cheap old one?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWoody Ahern thought he could. He had a job after school, he had saved a little money, and, as he pleaded with his father, the main reason he and the other members of his car club wanted a car was so that they could work on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWoody would get his car-for forty dollars. He named it Sidekick, and from the moment the thirteen-year-old wreck became his very own, Woody lavished on it all his love and devotion. He was sure that when it was done it would be the most beautiful car imaginable. He could even see himself driving Sandra to the spring dance . . . but it would take a lot of work before Sidekick was safe to drive. And before that work was complete Woody would come to learn a great deal-not only about cars, but also about human relationships and his own goals in life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRoad Rocket\u003c\/em\u003e captures the heart and soul of 1950s hot rod culture. The lean, mean story follows Ahern's hard-driving path to rodding redemption, riffs on some meaningful messages, and unleashes a fast and furious read. Dig in and learn what millions of readers already know; the world's most popular hot rod novel is a hopped-up high-horsepower thrill ride.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Henry Gregor Felsen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Octane Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/20\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 286\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.94lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.65d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781642341324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFelsen, Henry Gregor:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter struggling financially during the Depression, Felsen sold nine books and hundreds of stories in his first eighteen months of full-time freelance writing in the early 1940s. After war service with the Marine Corps, during which he edited the Corps magazine \u003ci\u003eLeatherneck\u003c\/i\u003e and wrote magazine articles while stationed in the Pacific, he returned to Iowa where he lived for most of the rest of his life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHis best-selling book was \u003ci\u003eHot Rod\u003c\/i\u003e, one of a rodding series that also included \u003ci\u003eStreet Rod\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCrash Club\u003c\/i\u003e and sold about eight million copies in all. He wrote about 60 books, many of them moralistically exploring the evils of drugs, sexism, and racism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFelsen was born in Brooklyn, New York. He graduated from high school in 1933 and attended the University of Iowa for two years before dropping out due to financial difficulties. He found work in the Federal Writers' Project, producing articles for \u003ci\u003eIowa: A Guide to the Hawkeye State\u003c\/i\u003e in 1936.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn 1937, he met and married Marie \"Penny\" Vincent from West Des Moines, Iowa, but the couple struggled through the remainder of the Depression. His wife found a position with \u003ci\u003eLook Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ewhich was published in Des Moines, while he worked off and on for the Works Progress Administration, tried opening a fencing studio (which failed), and eventually became a full-time writer.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn 1940, Felsen started writing detective stories with Darrell Huff (an editor at \u003ci\u003eLook Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e). He then became a staff writer for David C. Cook Publishing Co. Shortly after that he published his first book, \u003ci\u003eJungle Highway\u003c\/i\u003e. He quit that job after eight months to freelance in New York and over the course of the next eighteen months, he wrote and sold nine books and hundreds of stories.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA member of the Marine Corps for two and a half years during World War II, Felsen was stationed in the Pacific theater and wrote for \u003ci\u003eLeatherneck\u003c\/i\u003e magazine. He returned to Iowa in 1946 and remained there most of his life. From 1964 to 1969, Felsen taught writing part time at Drake University in Des Moines.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA prolific and popular children's writer, Felsen wrote about sixty books, with some of his most popular titles written from 1950 to 1960 in the series that included \u003ci\u003eHot Rod, Street Rod, Crash Club, Rag Top, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Road Rocket. \u003c\/i\u003eHe wrote the last book in the series, \u003ci\u003eFever Heat\u003c\/i\u003e, under the pseudonym Angus Vicker. \u003ci\u003eHot Rod\u003c\/i\u003e was so popular it remained on a bestseller list for children's books for thirty years, with multiple editions and more than eight million copies sold. Some of his other books became movies, while many of his stories appeared regularly in the \u003ci\u003eSaturday Evening Post\u003c\/i\u003e, another widely read national publication.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Octane Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43219291734131,"sku":"9.78164E+12","price":35.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_d82eec3b-80bf-440c-abb5-d4fe80842c8d.jpg?v=1753535950","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/road-rocket-9781642341324","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}