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Originally Posted by KeithBrown
Wow David... even your books are works of art.  |
Keith,
Thank you very much.
The car was made for Larry Ellison, the founder of Oracle. He was quite nice to work with. He gave us complete freedom to make whatever we wanted to make.
He asked for a book on the car when it was done and so I made the "first" book some time ago. I got a "scrap book" from Costco with the plastic pocket-type pages in it that you slide pictures into--much like everyone else has at the car shows. When I was done, I couldn't take it. It didn't do the car, Kirkham, or Larry, justice.
So, I started over and made the book as if I were making it for myself. Every step of the way I did what I wanted to do--just the same as when we made the car. I knew that was the only way I would be happy with the book (or the car). I wanted to tell the story of the genesis of the car, the surrounding events, and my thoughts as we built it. In short, I wanted the book to be a reflection of the car itself.
Having never written a book before, started cutting, pasting, and writing. I sorted through around 3000 photos to put the book together.
My favorite part of the book is the chapter on "The Book" at the end.
David