~ 9:00 am Monday, 22 July 2019, Arrive At Drake Community Public Library, 930 Park St., Grinnell, IA

”The Full Story Of Henry Gurr’s Big Trip West: Part I.”=>
….Ever since Henry Gurr’s email November 17 2019 =>”Announcing eBook Publication of The Sarah Vinke Biography (SVB)” , Henry had been planning "A Big Trip Out West", with the following GOALS: =>

..A) To place paperback copies SVB in Libraries (or Archives), where potential audience might be: This includes: Library Archives” at => Dallas Center IA, Grinnell College IA, Iowa State Historical Society, Iowa Genealogical Societies, Montana State University, U. Minnesota, U. Wisconsin, Wisconsin Historical Society, etc.
B) To give, as a token of appreciation, paperback copies SVB to persons who helped with The Sarah Vinke Biography Field Research. This includes persons in Dallas Center Iowa (Sarah Vinke’s home town), Grinnell College in Iowa (Sarah Vinke’s Undergraduate School), and University of. Wisconsin Madison (Sarah Vinke’s PhD Graduate School), Montana State University (where Sarah Vinke taught English with Robert Pirsig who, because of Sarah Prodding, became author of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.).
..C) Hold public “Book Signing Events” at each whistle-stop, with the public & newspaper reporters invited etc. A few paperback copies of SVB, will be available for sale.
..D) Find & Photograph Any MAJOR CHANGES, along The Route of the Book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance., Since Henry Gurr’s First 2002 ZMM Route Research, 17 Years Earlier.:

”The Full Story: Part II.”=>
….Henry Originally Scheduled His “Big Trip”, So He Could Attend, The Gurr Family Reunion, At His Grandfather Gurr’s Old Farm, Near Brookville IN (July 20, 2019),
…. BUT UNFORTUNATELY Henry didn’t start the Creation Of The Paperback Version: , up-till “It’s Getting Late” ~June 5, not realizing the endless series of Format Fixes that would crop up, pushing the completion date relentlessly; UNTIL =>
… TOO LATE to have 46 Paperback Copies ordered by two weeks prior to, dead-line before must he leave South Carolina.
….The Gurr Family Reunion got canceled because of Monster Heat-Wave in Indiana, allowed Henry to postpone his departure by ~1.5 days, in vain hope of picking up his (ordered July 5), 46 Paperback Copies of SVB, prior to leaving SC. Despite hours on the phone to Amazon Customer Service, this ended in failure. NO COPIES! :-(( Noon July 20 Henry leaves South Carolina without 46 Paperback Copies, and wondering how he will “make-do”, …


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