Meet Author Art Garner
Sun, Dec 08
|Fables and Fairy Tales
Meet Art Garner, award-winning author and finalist for the prestigious PEN/ESPN award for literary sports writing for his bestselling book, Black Noon. Please reserve a free ticket if attending. If you can't make the event but would like a copy signed by Art please see our online store.
Time & Location
Dec 08, 2024, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Fables and Fairy Tales, 38 N Main St, Martinsville, IN 46151, USA
About the event
A.J. Foyt: Survivor, Champion, Legend (Volume One, Octane Press, October 2024), an extensive and highly entertaining biography of one of America’s most popular, colorful, and controversial sports heroes, is now available.
Art Garner—an award-winning author and finalist for the prestigious PEN/ESPN award for literary sports writing for his bestselling book, Black Noon—has captured the action on and off the track that led many to consider Foyt to be one of the greatest race car drivers of all time—and one reporter to write that A.J. stood for “another jerk.”
Known for his fiery disposition and bare-knuckled approach, Foyt’s driving career spanned five decades—six if you count an exhibition race when he was five years old. He was the first driver to win the Indianapolis 500 four times and still holds Indy car records for most victories and championships. He is the only driver ever to win the Indianapolis 500, 24 Hours…