<VV> "Crash Course"

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Paul Ingrassia, a journalist well-respected on the Detroit beat, 
interviewed me at great length last year for a book he is writing about 
significant cars throughout the history of the American auto industry.  
The working title is "Engines of Change" and of course the reason I was 
interviewed had nothing to do with me but everything to do with the 
Corvair, one of the cars his book will be highlighting.

In the meantime, his book about the bailouts and bankruptcies in Detroit 
last year -- titled "Crash Course" -- was recently published by Random 
House.  He has been doing book publicity -- including The Daily Show 
with Jon Stewart last week.  A link is attached below. 

"Crash Course" really covers the entire history of the US auto industry 
because he believes the reader has to know the history to understand the 
events of last year. The Corvair is part of the story.

I look forward to the publication of "Engines of Change," the book about 
the cars that changed the culture, because the Corvair will be covered 
in more detail than it is in "Crash Course."  But in the meantime, I am 
reading "Crash Course."

You can watch the Daily Show segment by following the link below.  Note 
how much Jon Stewart enjoyed Paul's answer to a question about the auto 
bailout versus the bank bailout, when Paul replied, "Nobody wrote songs 
about banks."

--Bob Marlow

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-january-12-2010/paul-ingrassia