Description: Make It Go in the Snow by Larry Jorgensen Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description The challenge of powered transportation in the snow has been met with ideas from explorers, creative inventors and small companies, all with new ideas - often unique and sometimes successful. We snowmobile history from 1900 onwards. Publisher Description Through the years, the challenge of powered transportation in the snow has been met with ideas from explorers, creative inventors and small companies, all with new ideas - often unique and sometimes successful. The name "snowmobile" was trademarked in 1917, but there were snow travel ideas before that date and certainly thousands more since.Winter explorers and trailblazers sought to replace their dogsleds and snowshoes as they explored difficult locations, including remote locations, on the north and south poles. Early inventors of snow vehicles often scavenged parts from many mechanical devices, trying many power and propulsion methods, from 2- and 4-stroke engines to air propulsion, and even a "snow biting" screw auger concept.The snow travel ideas from some early inventors were simply designed to solve their own needs; others came from entrepreneurs who believed folks would be impressed and want to buy their creations. Some of their ideas evolved into companies such as Polaris, Arctic Cat and Ski-Doo, which prospered and now can trace their roots back to that first snowmobile idea.Make It Go In The Snow provides a fun look at the history of a few of the many thousands of snow travel ideas and those enthusiasts who gave them birth. Captured and recorded are a wide variety of snowmobile ideas, without offering judgment on any individual venture. Join me as I pay tribute to all those ideas; past, present, and future. But keep watching, because more snow excitement is waiting to be created."I have read many snowmobile books over the years, and I believe Larry Jorgensens was very informative and easy to read. It shows that Larry has done an excellent job researching information. I have recommended Make It Go In The Snow to all my snowmobiling friends, I look forward to handing out copies to them at Christmas." -- Daniel C. Blaney, Antique Snowmobile Museum, Morocco, Indiana.""Michigan plays a minor yet important part in this detailed history of snowmobiles. The first snowmobile was created in 1913 by a Ford dealer in New Hampshire. He took the rear wheels off a Model T and replaced them with dual wheels covered by tracks and replaced the front wheels with skis. He patented his invention and called it a snowmobile. A company later bought the patent and made 3,500 kits a year. As the author makes it abundantly clear, over the years backyard tinkerers, high schoolers, and just guys with a vision created snowmobiles of all shapes and sizes. If you have any interest in snowmobiles youre going to ski-doo through Make It Go in the Snow." -- Tom Powers, Michigan In Books"Jorgensen purchased his first snowmobile in 1967. Subsequently, he joined a snowmobile enthusiast group and participated in long-distance rides. The most notable was an endurance test from Fairbanks, Alaska to Seattle for the new Allsport Tracker. Pabst Brewing Company contracted him to create its programs for recreational snowmobiling and racing. Hes also served on the board of the Central Division of the United States Snowmobile Association (USSA). So immersed in the activity has he been that when one of his children, then a first grader, was asked what her father did, she replied, He snowmobiles. And now hes written of them as well and included a concluding chapter telling of various snowmobile museums hes discovered around the country." -- Helen V. Hutchings, SpeedReadersFrom Modern History Press Author Biography LARRY JORGENSEN first became addicted to the sport and business of snowmobiling after buying his first sled, an Arctic Cat, in 1967. He purchased that Cat from the first Arctic Cat dealer in Green Bay, a local shoe repair shop which had a total available inventory of two machines. Jorgensen was fortunate to become a riding member of the pioneer cross-country snowmobile group, the Peninsula Pathfinders of Upper Michigan. He participated in the clubs first three long-distance rides, including the 1970 trip across the giant Mackinac Bridge which connects lower Michigan to the Upper Peninsula. Although he owned the Arctic Cat, he had been convinced to ride an Eskimo snowmobileand it may have been the only time an Eskimo sled crossed the Big Mac. He was a news reporter for a TV station in Green Bay, and in 1969 he and a fellow station employee named John Ireland produced the first consumer snowmobile exposition at the Brown County Arena. In the years that followed, the two snowmobilers produced additional expositions in Fargo, North Dakota; Duluth, Minnesota; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Chicago, Illinois; Des Moines, Iowa; and Lansing, Michigan. Jorgensen was one of three snowmobilers who participated in the 1970 Allsport Alaskan Expedition. It was an endurance test for the new Allsport Tracker snowmobile which went from Fairbanks to Seattle, Washington. The Pabst Brewing Company of Milwaukee contracted with Jorgensen to help introduce Pabst to the new world of snowmobiling. He worked with the brewer to create programs for recreational and snowmobile racing. He organized and participated on the original Pabst Racing Team, which raced Polaris and Ski-Doo sleds. The team also raced for three years on the Winnipeg to St. Paul cross-country event, and during one of those years Jorgensen drove a new John Deere LC. Jorgensen served on the board of directors for the United States Snowmobile Association Central Division, including one year as President. He also was President of his local snowmobile club in Green Bay. He published a monthly snowmobile magazine Midwest Sno-Trails for six years and also wrote a weekly snowmobile column for United Press International. In looking back at over a decade of snowmobiling, it might best be summarized by his oldest daughter...when as a first grade student she was asked what does your father do? The answer: "He snowmobiles." Details ISBN 1615998144 ISBN-13 9781615998142 Title Make It Go in the Snow Author Larry Jorgensen Format Paperback Year 2024 Pages 194 Publisher Modern History Press GE_Item_ID:160676237; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! 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Book Title: Make It Go in the Snow : People and Ideas in the History of Snowmobiles
Number of Pages: 194 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Loving Healing Press, Incorporated
Item Height: 0.4 in
Topic: Motor Sports, Winter Sports, General, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi)
Publication Year: 2024
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Genre: Transportation, Sports & Recreation, History
Item Weight: 9.5 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Larry Jorgensen
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback