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Date:         Fri, 2 May 2003 17:43:36 -0700
Reply-To:     laurasdog@WEIRDSTUFFWEMAKE.COM
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From:         Steve Delanty <laurasdog@WEIRDSTUFFWEMAKE.COM>
Subject:      Re: Mandatory VW Reading
In-Reply-To:  <20030502.185242.1440.1.wilden1@juno.com>
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At 04:52 PM 5/2/2003, you wrote: >Book name: Small Wonder >Writer: Walter Henry Nelson >Subject: VW from just a dirty little Ferdinand Porsche idea to 1970 model >production. >Summary: Tells about the people, places, economic circumstances, Adolf's >VW Plan, British production years, selling across the Atlantic. >First publication: 1965, Expanded and updated 1970 on third publication. >Library of Congress Catalog Card: 79-119031 >If you think list members are inventing stories to tell >.................. this will give you the ammunition to say: Whoa! Not >So. > >Stan Wilder

What a great book! It's a great read for anyone interested in the history of the VW company. (And what a weird and interesting time those early years VW years were!)

It's strange you would mention it. I unearthed my copy from a box of "cherished old books" just yesterday.

I *highly* recommend it!

Steve


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