Special Deluxe - A Memoir of Life and Cars

Zusatztext 43314139 Informationen zum Autor Neil Young is also the cofounder of Farm Aid and the Bridge School. He lives in California. Klappentext The perfect gift for music and car lovers! Special Deluxe is Neil Young's New York Times bestselling follow-up to Waging Heavy Peace that "reads like a great Neil Young song plays." (The Buffalo News) In this acclaimed new memoir! New York Times bestselling author Neil Young has fashioned another extraordinary work of reminiscences told through the lens of one of his deepest passions: cars. A lifelong devotee and collector! Young explores his love for the well-crafted vintage automobile and examines his newfound awareness of his hobby's negative environmental impact. Witty! eclectic! candid! and filled with Young's original artwork! Special Deluxe will appeal to car lovers as well as the legions devoted to one of the most genuine and enigmatic artists of our time. 1959 Lincoln Continental “Lincvolt” 1957 Eldorado Biarritz Convertible “Aunt Bee” PREFACE Originally, my idea for this book was Cars and Dogs. That seemed like a nice enough idea for my second book, basically an outgrowth of the first one. I reasoned that I have had a love affair with cars my whole life, so that would be a really good thing for me to share in this second effort. I also have had some really great dogs, and I thought that both cars and dogs would be perfect vehicles to tell some more stories. Drawing on my pedigree as the son of a great Canadian writer, Scott Young, and my family history of author friends, I could surely pull something together that would be of interest to somebody and potentially keep me busy for a while, which I really would appreciate. It was my original hope that I could write an interesting book and continue the fun I had with my first one. The only problem I had was the feeling that the book was going to get serious and obsessive about some of the things that I really care about. That had been something I had to face with my first book. In writing about cars I would have to come clean about a lot of my feelings concerning fossil fuels, global warming, and American politics that might end up driving away readers. Unlike the cars themselves, a fun and innocent topic, the subject of politics and legislation might change the book significantly from the way it started, making it not that much fun for some people to read. I had my fair share of doubt. To complicate things further, upon closer inspection and a great deal of soul-searching over a period of more than one hour, I realized late one night that I was perhaps the worst master of a dog that the world has ever seen. I have done almost everything wrong that one can do with a dog, and that would surely be a royal turnoff for any dog lover reading my new book if I called it Cars and Dogs. With that in mind, I changed the title to Cars I Have Known just to make sure that I did not attract any dog lovers who might really hate the book and me after the first few dogs. That said, I hope I have made the right decision in still including my dogs, and indeed some other dogs. I am trying to underplay their presence in the story by not mentioning them officially, yet including them whenever it seems appropriate. 1948 Monarch Business Coupe CHAPTER ONE kippy was a Labrador mix. We had Skippy when I was a young boy, about four or five, I reckon. He was basically a yellow Lab, with some sort of other dog thrown in for seasoning and personality, as well as endurance, I am sure. I say that because my dad used to take Skippy for runs on the weekends or any other time it seemed right. The dog runs were a wonderful family experience. It was about 1950, gasoline cost twenty-seven cents a gallon, and we had a 1948 Monarch business coupe with a huge trunk. Skippy would jump right in the trunk happily, as far as I can remember, his tail wagging and ready to go...

Product details

• Authors: Neil Young
• Publisher: Plume USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2015
• EAN: 9780147516510
• ISBN: 978-0-14-751651-0
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 213 mm x 28 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Autobiographien (div.), Young, Neil