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Most of the pieces are highly engaging, insightful and often witty, as might be expected from the standout auto writers included here. The list is impressive — Ken Purdy, Tom McCahill, David E. Davis Jr., Brock Yates, Patrick Bedard, Peter Egan, Jean
Lindamood Jennings, Jeremy Clarkson and L. J. K.
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Apart from writing road tests and reports on motor races and car shows, Egan wrote about the perils and pitfalls of repairs, restoration, and racing, illustrating his points with first-hand anecdotes. His experience of working on and his love for
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as a journalism major. During his junior year, he decided that he would rather pursue a medical degree. After being in the program for only a few weeks, Egan decided to leave college. He then enlisted with the US Army, entering basic training in March 1969, and eventually serving in
Vietnam.
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Egan has since retired from the regular staff of both magazines, although he still contributes monthly columns to both and also writes features as an editor-at-large. Egan and his wife returned to
Wisconsin in the summer of 1990, moving to a farm near
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Egan's columns are chiefly autobiographical and anecdotal. He has written extensively about road trips, including detailed accounts of the failings of the vehicles, interactions with the people he travels with and those he meets.
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in 1948. He first became acquainted with sports cars from photographs of celebrities and their cars in his sister
Barbara's glamour magazines. He would later watch sports car racing at
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and idiosyncrasies, though he makes it clear he prefers to work on and drive them. He has also expressed a particular interest in old
English and Italian motorcycles.
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hit with a mortar shell as "the only non-English vehicle I ever drove that exploded." After his tour of duty, he visited
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Charles Mcewen; Lindsay Brooke; Rob Sass; Clifford Ghetti; Fred Heiler; Bob Austin; Jerry
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offered him a position as a staff writer. Egan accepted and he and Barb relocated to southern
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Egan, Peter (July 1994). "Side Glances: The olive not-so-drab Dodge Charger".
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Dean Batchelor Award for Excellence in Automotive Journalism, and the 2008
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Ken Purdy Award for an article published in April and May editions of
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Side Glances: The Best from America's Most Popular Automotive Writer
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driving a '63 Cadillac down into the Mississippi Delta Blues Country
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Leanings 2: Great Stories by America's Favorite Motorcycle Writer
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The Dean Batchelor Award for Excellence in Automotive Journalism
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Egan, Peter (July 1990). "Side Glances: Escape to Wisconsin".
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Leanings: The Best of Peter Egan from Cycle World Magazine
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book review as one of America's 'standout auto writers'.
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Bryant, Thos L. (July 1990). "Miscellaneous Ramblings".
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Egan, Peter (March 1991). "New England & Seven".
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Egan, Peter (March 1993). "In Search of the Blues".
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