Date:         Sat, 18 Oct 2008 22:54:33 -0700
Reply-To:     Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: your Boat, Ginger Clown the Dream ...
Comments: To: Jim Arnott <jrasite@eoni.com>
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Dick O'Kane was a great writer and one of the reasons R & T was great.

Stan Mott, who was a brilliant artist AND a terrific storyteller (remember
the Cyclops?) and Henry Manney III were the other two reasons to read the
magazine. . Manney's stint as European Formula 1 correspondent was some of
the most vivid writing ever published on motor racing.

Revisit Signor Piero Martini and The Cyclops here:
http://sbiii.com/cyclops/cyclops.html

On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 9:09 AM, Jim Arnott <jrasite@eoni.com> wrote:

> So here's a challenge...
>
> Just who IS Dick O'Kane?  I've a couple of his short stories on-line
> at <http://wetwesties1.tripod.com/> but finding any biographical data
> seems to be a fruitless search. FWIW, I also have a full collection
> of R&T from the era in which he was contributing.  I suspect that
> there are more than a few other stories buried in them.  I'll have to
> go through them before I pass them to Mr. Arbaugh.
>
> So... Joel or others, what can we find out about Dick O'Kane the
> automotive author (not the submarine driver.)
>
> Jim
>
>
> On Oct 17, 2008, at 7:20 PM, joel walker wrote:
>
>
>>>  O'kane & The People's Truck
>>  by Dick O'Kane    <Road & Track, July 1971>
>>
>


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Jake
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