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    Auto Biography: A Classic Car, an Outlaw Motorhead, and 57 Years of the American Dream
    Auto Biography: A Classic Car, an Outlaw Motorhead, and 57 Years of the American Dream
    Auto Biography: A Classic Car, an Outlaw Motorhead, and 57 Years of the American Dream
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    Auto Biography: A Classic Car, an Outlaw Motorhead, and 57 Years of the American Dream

    Written by Earl Swift

    Narrated by Greg Itzin

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    A brilliant blend of Shop Class as Soulcraft and The Orchid Thief, Earl Swift’s wise, funny, and captivating Auto Biography follows an outlaw-genius auto mechanic as he painstakingly attempts to restores a classic 1957 Chevy to its former glory—all while the FBI and local law enforcement close in.

    To Tommy Arney, the old cars at Moyock Muscle are archeological artifacts, twentieth-century fossils that represent a place and a people utterly devoted to the automobile and transformed by it. But to his rural North Carolina town, they’re not history; they’re junk. When Tommy acquires a rusted out wreck of an old Chevy and promises to return it to a shiny, chromed work of American art, he sees one last chance to salvage his respect, keep himself out of jail, and save his business. But for this folk hero who is often on the wrong side of the law, the odds of success are long, especially when the FBI, local authorities, and the bank are closing in.

    Written for motor heads and automotive novices alike, Auto biography interweaves this improbable hero’s journey with the story of one iconic car to chart the rise, fall, and rebirth of the American Dream. Told in words and eight pages of photos, this wise, charming, and heartbreaking true story is an indelible portrait of a man, a machine, and a nation on the road from a glorious past into an unknown future.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperAudio
    Release dateMay 6, 2014
    ISBN9780062333544
    Author

    Earl Swift

    Earl Swift is the author of the New York Times bestseller Chesapeake Requiem, which was named to ten best-of-the-year lists. His other books include Across the Airless Wilds, Auto Biography, The Big Roads, and Where They Lay. A former reporter for the Virginian-Pilot and a contributor to Outside and other publications, he is a fellow of Virginia Humanities at the University of Virginia. He lives in the Blue Ridge mountains west of Charlottesville.

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      This is a story of a '57 Chevy and all of it's owners, 12 in all. It reads like a novel and it is a story of their lives and how they restore this classic. A good read and worth reading especially if you like classic cars.