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Subject:Re: John Muir Publications
From:Jim Stout
Date:Thu, 25 Jan 2007 23:41:32 -0600

I'm still waiting for "The Guide To Dying in Your Volkswagen."
-------Jim Stout

>Subject: Re: John Muir Publications

>I respectfully slightly disagree with the first paragraph :). I have BOTH books here
>in front of me, and "How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive" Is by John Muir. This was
>published first edition in 1969, mine is twentieth printing, August 1978, still has
>original price sticker $5.99.
>"How to Keep Your Volkswagen Rabbit Alive" is by Richard Sealey, came out in May 1980,
>from John Muir Publications. John Muir died in November 1977.
>Interesting aside I should look into, at the end of the book, is a list of their other
>publications, one of which is "A Guide to Dying At Home".

>Jerry
----- Original Message -----
>From: "Kim Brennan" <kimbrennan@MAC.COM>
>To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 9:27 PM
>Subject: now: John Muir Publications was: Death Valley

> The books in question were "How to Keep Your Volkwagen Alive" by John
> Muir PUBLICATIONS (I emphasize the last....John Muir was not the
> author) and "How to Keep Your Rabbit Alive". The original book was
> oriented towards aircooled vehicles, though it did reference the
> water cooled ones prior to the 2nd book, at which point most of the
> water cooled material was moved to the Rabbit book.
>

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