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A biography of the late John H. Haynes of publishers Haynes Manuals, looking under the bonnet of Haynes' life and impact on the motoring world. Covers Haynes' childhood in Ceylon, his time as an RAF officer, and his eventual creation of the Haynes brand and International Motor Museum.
About the author
Ned Temko began his journalistic career in 1975, in post-revolutionary Portugal. After a brief posting in Brussels, he was based in Beirut, Moscow, Jerusalem and Johannesburg for the American newspaper
The Christian Science Monitor before being transferred to London, where he has lived and worked since. He was editor at the
Jewish Chronicle for 15 years, during which it won unprecedented national recognition. In 2005, he joined
The Observer as its Chief Political Correspondent. Since 2008, while continuing to make broadcast appearances as an analyst and commentator on the BBC and Sky, he has ghosted and edited a number of political memoirs and business books. He is also the author of
To Win or To Die, a biography of the former Israeli Prime Minister, Menachem Begin, and writes a regular international-affairs column for the
Monitor.
Summary
This fascinating and inspiring biography of John H Haynes – the man behind Haynes Manuals – looks ‘under the bonnet’ at his extraordinary life, and his legacy to the motoring world. This is the story of how one man’s vision and enthusiasm gave a small enterprise in rural Somerset a global footprint.
