A shorter version of this ran on the op-ed pages of the January 10, 2016, Providence Journal. UPDATE, July 18, 2019:  The man I describe ...

The holiday season was kind to Car Crazy: The Battle for Supremacy Between Ford and Olds and the Dawn of the Automobile Age. -- On Januar...

Opportunities abounding now and in the future for media and in-person appearances for CAR CRAZY.  To wit: This weekend, Dec. 19 and 20, ...

Author's Note: I wrote this three  years ago, on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of my father's death. Like his memory, it ha...

At the bottom of this post, you will find links to more classic cars, including 1 1904 Oldsmobile and a 1912 Packard, running at the launch ...

Spent a wonderful half hour talking old cars -- and new cars -- and looking at photos of same -- with the distinguished LLewellyn King, h...

Spent a fine hour and a half at Barrington Books Retold in Garden City, Rhode Island, on Sunday, November 29. A great store run by great pe...

The Thanksgiving weekend will bring thanks-worthy things for Car Crazy and I invite you to participate. From 1 to 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, No...

On Saturday, Nov. 14, I was the guest on Drive Thru Radio, AM-790, Providence, R.I., hosted by Paul Zangari and his brother John, who have l...

As we enter the second week of publication for CAR CRAZY, the schedule of events is taking shape. And there's a lot on tap. I invite yo...

"In My Merry Oldsmobile" was one of the hit songs of 1905, a huge year for the automobile industry -- and a huge year in many of t...

On a glorious fall day, we packed the house at Salve Regina University's Pell Center in Newport, R.I., for the launch party for CAR CRAZ...

You still have time -- but not much! -- to register for the free Car Crazy launch party, 2 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 1, at the Pell Center, 518 Be...

In another pre-publication review, Library Journal on Oct. 1, 2015, praises the book, calling it "engrossing and well-written...

Enjoyed meeting independent booksellers, friends, authors and some of the Perseus Books sales folks at the annual October New England Indepe...

Please join me at 7 p.m. Tuesday, December 1, for a talk and signing at the Barrington (R.I.) Public Library! More details here. And don...

LAUNCH PARTY! Please join us on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015, in Newport, R.I., at the official launch party for the book! Free and open to the ...

Fasten your seat belts for the imminent arrival of my ninth book of non-fiction (and 16th book overall). On Nov. 3, 2015, Perseus Books/...

Howard Phillips Lovecraft The Providence Journal is back in the short story contest business with this summer's H.P. Lovecraft co...