Just a reminder, I will be singing copies of my book The Madison Hardware Story today at the National Toy Train Museum from 10 AM to 4 PM. Please stop by and say hello and pick up a copy of the book!
Thanks,
Derek
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Just a reminder, I will be singing copies of my book The Madison Hardware Story today at the National Toy Train Museum from 10 AM to 4 PM. Please stop by and say hello and pick up a copy of the book!
Thanks,
Derek
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I'll see you in an hour or so.
Stu
I didn't see you at York, But a friend did and purchased your book! Told me he was very pleased so I have just ordered mine from your web site! Can't wait til it gets here!
Still planning to get the pre ordered "collectible - special editions out this week?
Derek did a really great job on this truly, labor of love in which he spent many hours chronicling the "World's Oldest Lionel Service Station" and the two brothers with the different last names! I was invited to write a chapter for the book [Chapter 9] relating my numerous experiences at 105 E 23rd St., in New York and was honored to do so. If you haven't gotten a copy yet, you should - this is Lionel history as Lou and Carl were extremely close to Lionel founder Joshua Cowen, and the numerous contributors to Derek's book all have wonderfully interesting stories to tell. If you've never been to Madison, or you were a regular at the store, you will undoubtedly find this book amusing, informative, fascinating, at times rollickingly funny and yet at times so sad, but always entertaining!
Best wishes to all,
Len Carparelli
Len, They were both born SHUR. Carl changed his name to SHAW. I stopped to see you at York, but you were very busy. Ed
I bought a copy at York. The book looks great but I haven't read it yet. Derek you looked really tired. I hope you can ship out the orders and then take a vacation!
Yeah, I do know that they were both born Shur, but I didn't learn this until after I dealt with them for well over ten years! I always wondered about this until I got close with Carl and he told me about his show biz career. I still like to think of them as the brothers with different names. BTW: Carl took great pleasure in distancing himself from his brother in this unusual way.
Best Wishes to all,
Len Carparelli
Thanks to all for stopping by the booth at York and the museum. The books have sold VERY VERY well. Also my thanks to Len and all the contributors who made this possible. I keep saying that it takes a village and it does.
As to shipping, we have the boxes, shipping labels, and invoices. We are waiting on the plastic bags to protect them. Right now we have a packing day scheduled for next Tuesday Nov. 1. If everything goes well we will get everyone packed that day and in the mail on Wednesday the second. I appreciate everyone who preordered being patient. Organizing a shipping effort of this size has proved to be challenging!
More info and tidbits from the book coming in the near future once things settle down a bit.
I'll be waiting for mine in the mail Derek! Thank you.
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