In the early 1930s, Henry Ford, father of the American automobile industry, made the daring decision to mass-produce the first low-priced V-8s. Meanwhile, his brilliant son, Edsel, and designer Bob Gregorie teamed up to create some of the most popular car styling in automotive history. The result of these endeavors was the fabulous Ford V-8 automobiles of the 1930s and 1940s, which combined a powerful engine with fantastic body design and styling. FAMOUS FORD V-8s combines archival photos with memoirs of Ford engineers and stylists to give an insider'¬?s look at how the 1932-1948 Ford flathead V-8s-introduced during tough economic times-became one of America'¬?s legendary series of cars.‚Ä¢ Hundreds of photographs give a fresh look at the classy Ford and Mercury V-8s. ‚Ä¢ A fabulous book for car buffs, history fans, and designers.
Lorin Sorensen saw his first rodeo at the War Bonnet Roundup in Idaho Falls as a youngster, an experience among others that would inspire him to one day write his latest book.
He was born and raised on a ranch near Rigby, Idaho, which is in Shoshone and Snake River country over by the Grand Tetons. It dates back in his family to the 1890s.
Educated in the field of ranching, Lorin became a nationally-known historian and author. Old-Time Rodeo is his fifteenth book. Others include the books for Ford Motor Company's 75th Anniversary, and Sears Roebuck's 100th Anniversary.
As a historian he has appeared on the A&E Biography Channel and Public Television's History Detectives.
After working many years for Sears, he then wrote and produced a series of magazines called "Ford Life". In 1972 He moved his family to St. Helena, CA. Lorin then became a writer and full time historian. He wrote 15 books including Ford V8, Hot Rods, American Ford, 75th Anniversary of Ford Motor Company, Beringer Vineyards History, and produced and wrote many videos on the auto industry.
His most recent book, Old Time Rodeo, was finished in December 2008. It allowed him to use his rodeo and cowboy pictures in a beautiful book on the beginning of "Rodeo in America". This book has become his proudest and favorite career achievement.
http://www.oldtimerodeo.com/
