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    The Rolls
    The Rolls
    The Rolls
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    The Rolls

    By Robert Sanderson

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    This story follows the adventures of six teenage boys living in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, New York, in the summer of 1949, who buy and operate a 1927 Rolls Royce Phantom touring car. The story briefly describes the six boys and the neighborhood and activities the boys were involved in that summer. It then tells how the boys got the old car and about the former Wall Street man that provided the necessary legal support. The car is described, including its unique window shades, trouble doing a valve job on the engine, and the trouble with the wheel repeatedly falling off. It also tells about trouble with older boys in the neighborhood and the events they encountered in using the Rolls that summer when they rode with their mentor to his Lodge on Lake Sacandaga, New York.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateDec 29, 2017
    ISBN9781546218852
    The Rolls
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    Robert Sanderson

    Robert Sanderson was raised in the Riverdale section or the Bronx New York. He attended St Gabriel grammar school, Fordham Prep, and Manhattan College where he studied Civil Engineering. He joined a company in Windsor CT working on nuclear systems and earned an MS in Mechanical Engineering from RPI . . His engineering career included many years with United Technologies in Hartford followed by years as an engineering consultant supporting a number of companies in the US and abroad in the development of Fuel Cell technology. He married Barbara Grant, whom he knew from earlier times in Riversdale. They raised 3 daughters while living in Wethersfied CT. In town, Robert was active in the Jaycees and local politics and served on the town council. He was also very active in Toastmasters.

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