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The Ferrari in the Bedroom

Jean Shepherd 1972
Dodd, Mead

ISBN #0-396-06660-7

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Published in 1972, this book is a compilation of many of the stories which first appeard in Car and Driver Magazine and several other publications. Library of Congress #: 72-3923
Chapters: 1 - "I Hear America Singing; or "Leaves of Grass Revisited" 2 - "Straight Shooters Always Win" - Dick Tracy 3 - An Independent Survey Today Announced (C&D - March 1972 ) (Also appeared in "Crazy Magazine" issue #1 Oct 1973) 4 - The Man of the Future May Be a Woman 5 - Confessions of a TV Fisherman 6 - Harold's Super Service (C&D - Sep 1971) 7 - The Rosetta Stone of American Culture 8 - One Day the Fog Lifted - 9 - Fun City (C&D - Aug 1971) 10 - S.P.L.A.T.! 11 - 43 Miles on the Gauge (C&D - Dec 1971) 12 - The Great Chicken-Clawed Chooser 13 - The Drive-In Confessional (C&D - Nov 1971) 14 - The Indy 500 15 - Lifetime Guarantee ("Grump Magazine" Issue #10, January, 1967) 16 - Moose Area Next 18 Miles (C&D - Oct 1971) 17 - Great Expectations; or the War of the Worlds ( First appeared in Nov 1970 "National Lampoon") 18 - Little America, I Love You (C&D - Feb 1972) 19 - Abercrombie's Bitch 20 - Lillian (C&D - May 1972) 21 - The Ferrari in the Bedroom (C&D - Jan 1972)

Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
•	Short Stories and Columns by Shep		The Ferrari in the Bedroom
•	Short Stories and Columns by Shep		An Independent Survey Today Announced. . .
•	Short Stories and Columns by Shep		An Independent Survey Today Announced. . .
•	Short Stories and Columns by Shep		Harold's Super Service
•	Short Stories and Columns by Shep		Fun City
•	Short Stories and Columns by Shep		S.P.L.A.T.
•	Short Stories and Columns by Shep		43 Miles on the Gauge
•	Short Stories and Columns by Shep		Drive-In Confessional
•	Short Stories and Columns by Shep		Police Brutality in Nirvana or Does Life Carry a 24 Thousand Mile Warranty?
•	Short Stories and Columns by Shep		Moose Area: Next 18 Miles
•	Short Stories and Columns by Shep		Great Expectations or The War of the Worlds (With thanks to Harold Pinter, or was it Charles Dickens?)
•	Short Stories and Columns by Shep		Little America I Love You
•	Short Stories and Columns by Shep		Lillian

Booksignings:

Date	Location
• December 1, 1972	Plainfield Bookhouse
• February 20, 1973	Bambergers Monmouth Mall
• February 21, 1973	Bambergers East Brunswick Mall
• February 21, 1973	Bambergers Cherry Hill Mall
• February 22, 1973	Bambergers Garden State Plaza
• February 22, 1973	Bambergers Willowbrook Mall

Where Shep Makes Reference To This Subject:

Time	Date	Category	Title
•	May 7, 1973	Article	Auction Benefits Cultural Council
• 08:16	November 9, 1972	Radio	Martha Deane Show
•	January 1, 1973	Radio	Martha Deane Show
•	December 30, 1972	Radio	NBC Monitor

Links to Further Information:

• The Ferrari in the Bedroom

Related Articles / Reviews:

Date	Publication	Title
January 3, 1982	Asbury Park Press	Humorist finds N.J. 'fascinating' Gretchen C Van Benthuysen
January 14, 1973	Chicago Tribune	Say, What Country Is This? Review Herb Daniels

Photos:

November 1972
Ferrari in the Bedroom - Ad

November 1972
Ferrari in the Bedroom - 1st Paperback cover

November 1972
Ferrari in the Bedroom - 2nd Paperback cover

November 1972
Ferrari in the Bedroom - 3rd Paperback cover

November 1972
Ferrari in the Bedroom - Orig title Page

December 1972
Village Voice Offices - Line drawing from Ferrari in the Bedroom

1972
Various IGWT paperback ads

March 18, 1973
Ferrari in the Bedroom - Ad 3rd printing

"Can you imagine 4,000 years passing, and you're not even a memory?
Think about it, friends. It's not just a possibility. It is a certainty." - Jean Shepherd - 1975