I am very proud of my father for seeking out and interviewing the original developers and makers, searching archives at the Dallas Public and UT Arlington libraries, seeking and obtaining permissions for use of photos and diagrams, and, of course, writing a narrative that is interesting and takes you back to that time period. I love his vivid description of a young auto mechanic in the early days of car AC, with business booming and enough work to get him through the summer. Actually, except for the pack of cigarettes in the rolled-up sleeve, the image in my head as I read it was of my Dad, working in his white cotton t-shirt, before he grew his beard.
This book describes the various renditions of auto ACs, including those that took practically the entire truck space and poured ice-cold air on to the rear seat passengers freezing their ears off. There are schematics, diagrams, sketches, and photos. There are stories of business intrigue and personal backgrounds of key players in the field. Despite the forays into the technical nitty-gritty, I was able to understand how these things worked.
While I know this venue isn't exactly major media, I did want to pay tribute and show off the fruits of my father's labor. And for his next work, he's wanting to finish a juvenile story about a Japanese boy who accidentally takes off in a balloon and lands in the American desert. Actually, I was hoping he'd work again on his tale of a little car that is used in whisky runs during Prohibition, by guerilla fighters in Czechoslovakia, and so on through various other adventures. Sort of like a mechanical version of War Horse.
Feel free to peruse the Amazon "Look Inside" and consider buying your own copy - or tell a friend.
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