The Last Volkswagen (Paperback)

~ Charles Sennewald (Author)

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Product Description

Competition with foreign products, having adverse effects on American labor, brings about a major political climate, and government. The new pro-labor congress out-laws the importation of foreign goods, including automobiles. Detroit and other industrial centers are reinvigorated and the economy booms. Growing economic success prompts new legislation, which mandates that all foreign-made autos must be exchanged on a government funded trade-in program within a specified three (3) year period. A new powerful regulatory and investigative agency, the Division of Import Controls (DIC) is created to enforce the new law. At the end of the 3 year period possession of a foreign car is a federal crime. In our story the government’s investigative efforts to rid the streets and highways of foreign cars has been achieved..except for one: a 1963 Volkswagen "beetle". This story focuses on the chief of the DIC and his dedication and commitment to locate and seize this last unaccounted-for car and a rancher in Nebraska who is equally determined they will never find it. It’s a fascinating journey leading to a clash of two very different kind of "giants", with unexpected results.

About the Author

Charles "Chuck" Sennewald is a semi-retired Security Management Consultant and has spent a lifetime in the police and security profession. He’s a graduate of the US Army’s Military Police School, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Academy and a graduate of California State University at Los Angeles with a B.S. degree in Police Science and Administration. He resides in the foothills of San Diego County with his wife and best friend, Connie, known in many lands near and far, as "Precious".

Product Details

• Paperback: 209 pages
• Publisher: New Century Press (May 10, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1890035556
• ISBN-13: 978-1890035556
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,763,687 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Will make you re-think more than a few stereotypes and assumptions about the ideal American life , September 13, 2006

By	Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

Charles Sennewald has scored a deftly written and original comedy hit with "The Last Volkswagen," an enthusiastically recommended and entertaining novel about repression of foreign competition that takes ridiculous government regulations of imports to new satiric extremes. Little does the unsuspecting public know that their days of freedom to choose in the market place are numbered. In the best of American heroic traditions, a last stand is taken and held by the owner (a cantankerous rancher in Nebraska) of the last remaining 1963 Volkswagen "beetle". The outcome? That would be telling! "The Last Volkswagen" will make you re-think more than a few stereotypes and assumptions about the ideal American life and what it can cost us to live it.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Last Volkswagen, May 23, 2006

By	S. C. Kaufer (Palm Springs, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Those buying "The Last Volkswagen" are in for a fun ride, full of interesting characters and enough plot twists to keep you reading non-stop to the end. In the book, Sennewald lets us taste what living without imported goods could be, a life no scotch drinker would enjoy! As the story builds, the folly of "Big Brother" becomes apparent and the reader can't help but get pulled into the Nebraska farmer's silent, but effective war against the Department of Import Controls, the aptly named "DIC". Sennewald is a well-known and accomplished non-fiction writer, but with his first fiction effort, he gives the best writers a run for their money. You'll thoroughly enjoy this book.