Neal Thompson (www.nealthompson.com) is a veteran journalist and author of "Hurricane Season: A Coach, His Team and their Triumph in the Time of Katrina (now in bookstores), "Driving with the Devil: Southern Moonshine, Detroit Wheels, and the Birth of NASCAR" (in paperback on 8/31/07) and "Light This Candle: The Life & Times of Alan Shepard, America's First Spaceman." He has worked for the Baltimore Sun and Philadelphia Inquirer and and has written for Outside, Esquire, Sports Illustrated, Men's Health, Backpacker, and the Washington Post Magazine.
Hey Neal, Watched you on the history channel. We Lafayette folks are sure Proud of you. My Mom has been buying your books for us. Brother John just got engaged. We thought we would never see that! love ya, lisa Sonnenberg
Thanks for the add Neal. DWD is awesome. Can't seem to put it down. We're a band based near Dawsonville. Check out our rough demo of Whiskey Trippin' Man. New cd is being finished soon, but enjoy this version for now and let us know what ya think.
Such a strange coincidence-- like John T. Curtis Sr., I, too, was a drinker and carouser until I found God and became a missionary preacher who resigned from a Baptist school because it proselytized too much.
Neal, I finished "Hurricane Season" today. Excellent! As with "Driving With the Devil," you combined history, culture and the lives of people acting as individuals and as teams in a fascinating, moving and easy-to-read way.
Also: Got an e-mail today from a nascar.com writer who says he'll read "Driving. " And: My copy of "Light This Candle" arrived today.
I keep hearing people praising "Driving With the Devil." Yesterday the folks at the Martinsville Speedway said that they didn't know the details of Red Byron's win at Martinsville until they read your book. Well done!
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Feb 29 2008 5:18 PM
Watched you on the history channel. We Lafayette folks are sure Proud of you. My Mom has been buying your books for us. Brother John just got engaged. We thought we would never see that!
love ya,
lisa Sonnenberg
Jan 25 2008 12:47 PM
You ain't a bad guy for a Yankee. :D
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(Just kidding. Good luck with your tour.)
Aug 17 2007 5:31 AM
Also: Got an e-mail today from a nascar.com writer who says he'll read "Driving."
And: My copy of "Light This Candle" arrived today.
Keep up the great work!
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Jul 20 2007 2:12 PM
see ya!
Jul 20 2007 7:35 AM
it's amazing.
May 16 2007 1:56 PM
Mar 17 2007 8:21 PM
We're at the Fine Art's Theatre in Asheville on the 29th, come out and we'll leave you a pair of tix.
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