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"Dog Day" and "My 40 Ford Coupe" on Valley Writers Read

KVPR | By Franz Weinschenk
Published October 20, 2021 at 12:39 PM PDT
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There are two stories on this edition of Valley Writers Read.

Our first story is by Anne DaVigo and is titled, "Dog Day". It is about a man who runs away from his home in Illinois to Mexico because of public humiliation at the hands of his friend and business partner.

The second story, James Varner's "My 40 Ford Coupe", is a memoir about his many adventures in the family car.

Arts & CultureAnne DaVigo; James Varner
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Franz Weinschenk
Franz Weinschenk, his parents and his older brother Fritz were indeed lucky to get out of Germany just before World War II. For a while they lived in Brooklyn, N.Y., before moving to Madera, CA. He graduated from Madera High and Fresno State. From 1948 to 1952 he taught at Edison High School in Fresno after which he was drafted and served in the US Army for two years.
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