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Words & Music
Big Rigs, Elvis & the Grand Dragon Wayne
by Mike Perry, Whistlers & Jugglers Press
Dedicated Road King readers will recognize many of the articles in this collection of essays by Mike Perry, a frequent contributor to this magazine. These include "The Haul Road" from Fairbanks to Alaska's North Slope, and "Rolling Thunder," an account of the annual Memorial Day salute to MIAs and POWs. Perry, who is a volunteer firefighter in his hometown, also probes the dark heart of a burning house as well as the burning hatred in a Ku Klux Klan leader's soul. Also on board are pieces from The World & I, No Depression, Esquire, Salon, The Utne Reader, Orion, and Troika. You can order it it at http://www.sneezingcow.com or http://www.amazon.com, or by mail order, $15 plus $2.50 shipping and handling, from Whistlers & Jugglers Press, P.O. Box 1346, Eau Claire, WI 54702.
The World's Greatest Working Trucks: The Best of Colorado and Utah
by Earl Johnson and Grace M. Hawkins, Lotus Publications
Grain haulers, cattle rigs, construction vehicles — this 96-page coffee table volume has the best of the West. Shot against the High Rockies, Johnson's photos are accompanied by a short history of the to states and their industrial development. It retails for $19.95 at bookstores, http://www.amazon.com, http://www.classicmotorbooks.com or http://www.lotuspub.com.
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