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His best-selling book was Hot Rod, [2] one of a rodding series that also included Street Rod and Crash Club 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.
Jun 8, 2022 · Readers of a certain age will recall Hot Rod as the pinnacle of a series of books written by Henry Gregor Felsen, aimed at teens and preteens in the 1950s; the books were equal parts cautionary tale and celebration of the automobile’s place in teen culture.
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Hot Rod is the oldest magazine devoted to hot rodding, having been published since January 1948. Robert E. Petersen founded the magazine and his Petersen Publishing Company was the original publisher. The first editor of Hot Rod was Wally Parks, who went on to found the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA).
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Aug 11, 2012 · Hot Rod (1950) was the most popular title and remained on the best-seller list for 27 years. Even though his books were about young men, fast cars, and girlfriends, Felsen used many of them to moralistically explore the evils of drug abuse, sexism, and racism.
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The author's name is probably very familiar to you. Drew was the editor of HOT ROD for the April 1994-August 1996 issues (and filled in as editor for David Freiburger in 2012), was the...
Jan 6, 2022 · His best-selling book was Hot Rod, one of a rodding series that also included Street Rod and Crash Club 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. Felsen was born in Brooklyn, New York.
This primer-spotted hot rod owned by the late HOT ROD magazine writer Gray Baskerville represents all of us.
