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GLI PNEUMATICI? SONO UN OPTIONAL!
Con il suo stile brillante e spassoso, Rick Reale ci porta con sé in un viaggio negli Stati Uniti degli anni quaranta, cinquanta e sessanta attraverso una serie di episodi curiosi, divertenti e avventurosi che ruotano intorno al mondo delle automobili e dei motori di quegli anni. Si potrebbe pensare che la vita a Meriden, tranquilla cittadina di provincia del Connecticut, possa essere noiosa per un giovane scapestrato com’era Rick Reale tra gli anni ’40 e ’60… niente di più inesatto. A parte sperimentare sempre nuovi metodi per mettere a repentaglio la propria vita (e quella dei suoi amici e familiari), la sua passione per le automobili e i motori gli hanno offerto spunti inesauribili per vivere avventure pittoresche, bizzarre, a tratti paradossali. Un viaggio di 5.000 chilometri, da una costa all’altra del Paese lungo la Route 66, percorso in 58 ore – inclusi una serie di imprevisti – in una Buick incidentatissima… Una esilarante gita in Messico di tre settimane – sempre in una Buick, sempre malandatissima – con due amici altrettanto folcloristici, di cui uno affetto dalla mania per l’igiene e l’altro ossessionato dalla vendetta di Montezuma… Questi e altri spassosi episodi della vita di Rick Reale vengono narrati attraverso la storia delle sue autovetture e dei suoi furgoni: una sfilata di veicoli con cui il nostro protagonista ha compiuto peripezie di ogni genere, e che talvolta lo hanno accompagnato per una vita intera, contornata da amici, soci, appassionati di automobili d’epoca e altri personaggi variopinti e bizzarri. Automezzi per lo più affidabili (pneumatici un po’ meno), meccanici competenti, frammenti di un’epoca che non c’è più... col suo tono scanzonato e a tratti un po’ nostalgico, questo libro ricrea l’atmosfera di un’America che non c’è più.
Paperback
Format: 5 x 8 Black & White Paperback, 111 pages
Publisher: Outskirts Press (Aug 22, 2012)
ISBN10: 1478720778
ISBN13: 9781478720775
Genre: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers
Rick Reale è stato dapprima insegnante di scuola elementare, per poi diventare commerciante e quindi incarnare lo spirito dell’arte e dell’artigianato attraverso la pittura e la decorazione. Il suo interesse per le automobili gli ha fornito infinite opportunità di studiare la storia del trasporto meccanico e di sperimentare in prima persona molte di queste meraviglie su ruote. Per ironia della sorte, ha passato gli ultimi cinquanta anni con una grande donna che detesta parlare di macchine, ma che ha tranquillamente sopportato lui e le sue stranezze mentre lavorava a tempo pieno e mentre cresceva quattro splendidi figli. 
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