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For Your Bookshelf – Retrospective Book Review: “Coleman’s Drive”

26th March 2024

All about a drive in a 1925 Austin Seven from Buenos Aires to New York... ...Reviewed by Kim Henson. Author: John Coleman Originally published in the 1960s; the version reviewed re-published in 1996 by: New European Publications Ltd. 260 pages (paperback) UK Price: Varies (no longer in print but used copies are available from a variety of sources. Current typical prices (March 2024) … [Read more...]

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