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Grease Monkey: Races, Racers, and Racism, Collide Head-On
Hardcover
Publisher Price: $27.95
ISBN13: 9781450280655
Publisher: Authorhouse
Published: Jan 11 2011
Pages: 288
Weight: 1.10
Height: 0.81 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Fascinated by the automobiles that are beginning to dot the roads of the early twentieth century, twelve-year-old Indiana farm boy Herschel Gulley is thrust into the head-of-household role when his young, but ailing father passes. Herschel would always remember his father's parting words: Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.
Responsible for the well-being of his pregnant mother, two younger brothers, and two younger sisters, he takes on the responsibilities of running the family's subsistence-size farm. All the while he develops the mechanical and driving skills that eventually make him a nationally-recognized dirt-track driver and take him and his best friend, mechanic, and partner, Johnny Gleason-a black man-to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
But to achieve their mutual goal of running (and maybe even winning) at the 500, they must circumnavigate the racial barriers that prevent blacks-or a white man with a black partner-from participating. These obstacles seem insurmountable in a state where the governor and half the general assembly are said to be members of the Ku Klux Klan.
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