Whiskey Road: 60 Year Anniversary Edition
New 60th Anniversary Annotated Edition
"You will read about the days of PARKEY SHARKEY... in the reform school; his boxing days in California, how he crashed Hollywood... Parkey is California's most famous character. He gave his old home town back to the Indians - the town, Palo Alto, California... Parkey has now moved to the mountains forever."
- Parkey Sharkey, 1961
Arnold "Parkey" Sharkey (Dec. 14, 1912 - Sept. 20, 1969) was raised in Palo Alto, California long before it became the birthplace of Silicon Valley. He was a hard drinking cab driver, one-time prize fighter and lovable scofflaw. He had a brush or two with Hollywood fame but lived out his life struggling for money and fighting city government. His self-published memoir "Whiskey Road" consists of tales of his delinquent youth, rambling stories of his favorite taxi passengers and other assorted (mis)adventures. The best part might be his hilarious letters and notes to newspaper columnist Paul Coates of the LA Daily Mirror. Many believed that Coates invented Parkey Sharkey to keep his column alive in the late 1950s. Not true at all. Parkey's correspondence was 100 percent legit. And yes, he actually appeared on Groucho Marx' "You Bet Your Life" more than once.
Whiskey Road was originally a self-published and self-distributed in East Palo Alto, 1961. It has been in the public domain since 1989 due to the copyright never being renewed, as was required by the law for works published before 1964.
This new 60th Anniversary annotated addition includes:
"Parkey's greatness stems from his ability to write with a vital and human ruggedness. His illiterate writings touch the mind and heart of everyone."
- Harry Lee "Memphis" Ward, 1957
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"You will read about the days of PARKEY SHARKEY... in the reform school; his boxing days in California, how he crashed Hollywood... Parkey is California's most famous character. He gave his old home town back to the Indians - the town, Palo Alto, California... Parkey has now moved to the mountains forever."
- Parkey Sharkey, 1961
Arnold "Parkey" Sharkey (Dec. 14, 1912 - Sept. 20, 1969) was raised in Palo Alto, California long before it became the birthplace of Silicon Valley. He was a hard drinking cab driver, one-time prize fighter and lovable scofflaw. He had a brush or two with Hollywood fame but lived out his life struggling for money and fighting city government. His self-published memoir "Whiskey Road" consists of tales of his delinquent youth, rambling stories of his favorite taxi passengers and other assorted (mis)adventures. The best part might be his hilarious letters and notes to newspaper columnist Paul Coates of the LA Daily Mirror. Many believed that Coates invented Parkey Sharkey to keep his column alive in the late 1950s. Not true at all. Parkey's correspondence was 100 percent legit. And yes, he actually appeared on Groucho Marx' "You Bet Your Life" more than once.
Whiskey Road was originally a self-published and self-distributed in East Palo Alto, 1961. It has been in the public domain since 1989 due to the copyright never being renewed, as was required by the law for works published before 1964.
This new 60th Anniversary annotated addition includes:
- An introduction by author and historian Jon Kinyon.
- Additional letters from Parkey Sharkey to newspaper columnists.
- A digital painting of Parkey and his taxi on "Whiskey Road" on the cover.
- Very slight editorial corrections (most bad grammar and formatting left as originally published).
"Parkey's greatness stems from his ability to write with a vital and human ruggedness. His illiterate writings touch the mind and heart of everyone."
- Harry Lee "Memphis" Ward, 1957
Whiskey Road: 60 Year Anniversary Edition
New 60th Anniversary Annotated Edition
"You will read about the days of PARKEY SHARKEY... in the reform school; his boxing days in California, how he crashed Hollywood... Parkey is California's most famous character. He gave his old home town back to the Indians - the town, Palo Alto, California... Parkey has now moved to the mountains forever."
- Parkey Sharkey, 1961
Arnold "Parkey" Sharkey (Dec. 14, 1912 - Sept. 20, 1969) was raised in Palo Alto, California long before it became the birthplace of Silicon Valley. He was a hard drinking cab driver, one-time prize fighter and lovable scofflaw. He had a brush or two with Hollywood fame but lived out his life struggling for money and fighting city government. His self-published memoir "Whiskey Road" consists of tales of his delinquent youth, rambling stories of his favorite taxi passengers and other assorted (mis)adventures. The best part might be his hilarious letters and notes to newspaper columnist Paul Coates of the LA Daily Mirror. Many believed that Coates invented Parkey Sharkey to keep his column alive in the late 1950s. Not true at all. Parkey's correspondence was 100 percent legit. And yes, he actually appeared on Groucho Marx' "You Bet Your Life" more than once.
Whiskey Road was originally a self-published and self-distributed in East Palo Alto, 1961. It has been in the public domain since 1989 due to the copyright never being renewed, as was required by the law for works published before 1964.
This new 60th Anniversary annotated addition includes:
"Parkey's greatness stems from his ability to write with a vital and human ruggedness. His illiterate writings touch the mind and heart of everyone."
- Harry Lee "Memphis" Ward, 1957
"You will read about the days of PARKEY SHARKEY... in the reform school; his boxing days in California, how he crashed Hollywood... Parkey is California's most famous character. He gave his old home town back to the Indians - the town, Palo Alto, California... Parkey has now moved to the mountains forever."
- Parkey Sharkey, 1961
Arnold "Parkey" Sharkey (Dec. 14, 1912 - Sept. 20, 1969) was raised in Palo Alto, California long before it became the birthplace of Silicon Valley. He was a hard drinking cab driver, one-time prize fighter and lovable scofflaw. He had a brush or two with Hollywood fame but lived out his life struggling for money and fighting city government. His self-published memoir "Whiskey Road" consists of tales of his delinquent youth, rambling stories of his favorite taxi passengers and other assorted (mis)adventures. The best part might be his hilarious letters and notes to newspaper columnist Paul Coates of the LA Daily Mirror. Many believed that Coates invented Parkey Sharkey to keep his column alive in the late 1950s. Not true at all. Parkey's correspondence was 100 percent legit. And yes, he actually appeared on Groucho Marx' "You Bet Your Life" more than once.
Whiskey Road was originally a self-published and self-distributed in East Palo Alto, 1961. It has been in the public domain since 1989 due to the copyright never being renewed, as was required by the law for works published before 1964.
This new 60th Anniversary annotated addition includes:
- An introduction by author and historian Jon Kinyon.
- Additional letters from Parkey Sharkey to newspaper columnists.
- A digital painting of Parkey and his taxi on "Whiskey Road" on the cover.
- Very slight editorial corrections (most bad grammar and formatting left as originally published).
"Parkey's greatness stems from his ability to write with a vital and human ruggedness. His illiterate writings touch the mind and heart of everyone."
- Harry Lee "Memphis" Ward, 1957
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| BN ID: | 2940162426028 |
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| Publisher: | Powerless Press |
| Publication date: | 04/13/2021 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 675 KB |
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