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Journey to the West

reader Jim Schild is an award-winning author of several historical books from the “Restorer’s Model A Shop Manual” to “Maximum Performance - Mopar Super Stock Drag Racing 1962-1969.” His latest work is a fictional novel based on a friend’s 1913 Peerless 6-48 touring and the National Old Trails Road and set in 1915. Two brothers, Jim and Jack Thompson, drive the National Old Trails Road in their Peerless en route to the Panama California Exposition in San Diego and along the way, they meet notable people from history

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