The Long Road to Paris - Softcover

Howle, Ed; Howle, Janet

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1456818589 ISBN 13: 9781456818586

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation, 2011

Synopsis

It was our intent to write a travelogue of an around-the-world car race, the first of its kind in more than one hundred years. We began by interviewing JC Wilkerson, CEO of World Rallies Inc., and Kyle Vanderhorn, the official race reporter. Then Thurman Alston, one of the racers, approached us with an outrageous list of accusations, presenting a very different story from the sanitized official version. Thurman wanted to make these allegations public. The accusations were primarily aimed at Ed Talbot, the driver of car 23, a controversial alternative energy automobile which, it appears, has now been destroyed. The allegations were as follows:

First, that Ed leaked information to the CIA about the radical nature of the car’s technology, leading to the intervention of the U.S. and Russian governments, and indirectly to the murders in Siberia.

Second, that Ed’s irresponsible actions during the race were the reasons that the environmentallyfriendly technology in his entry has not been made available to the world and that he is to blame for some of the climatic change that will take place in the future.

Third, that Ed was lying about the innovation in the car. It was actually nothing new, and was, in fact, fully developed in Nazi Germany during World War II, and then held off the market by oil interests.

Finally, that his secret liaison with his navigator showed a reckless disregard for his wife and young daughter and affected his judgment.

While these accusations appeared to be absurd, we knew we had to sort out Thurman’s wild claims before we could write an objective report of the around-the-world race. We discovered that there was some truth among these charges; a story hidden within a story. We became intrigued with our findings. It turned out that the race was a minor part of the challenges Ed faced. Our research had turned up a convoluted love story that alone would have made it difficult for Ed to have followed a different course of action. You can decide for yourself whether a less disastrous outcome would have been possible if he had made different decisions.

Ed and Janet Howle www.thelongroadtoParis.com

About this title

About the Author

Co-authors Ed and Janet Howle were scheduled to compete in the 2008 Great Race, which was cancelled at the last minute when China withdrew travel permits. Finally, on April 14, 2011, they pass the checkered fl ag in New York City, driving west across the United States, Russia and Europe in the 2011 World Race. Their entry, a 1967 Volkswagen Beetle, is outwardly identical to the one in this book. The setting of this novel is based on their rallies across the United States, travel in Russia, and years of living in Paris. They are experienced ocean sailors and deny that they have ever been FBI or CIA agents. Visit them on their website www.thelongroadtoParis.com.

Edition details

• Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1456818589
• ISBN 13: 9781456818586
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 332