37 ratings | 7 reviews | avg rating:3.89

Randy Leffingwell’s Followers (41)

More followers…

randy’s Bookshelves

read (39)
currently-reading (2)
to-read (4)

randy’s Friends (26)

Christopher

190 books | 137 friends

Amy

4,095 books | 112 friends

Beth Summerour

1,160 books | 315 friends

Otis Chandler

1,229 books | 2,019 friends

Elizabeth

1,987 books | 1,222 friends

Jaime

1,621 books | 246 friends

Jenna

150 books | 30 friends

Rick Chesler

260 books | 4,993 friends

More friends…

Randy Leffingwell

Goodreads Author

Born

in The United States

Website

http://www.rleffingwell.com

Genre

Literature & Fiction, History, Mystery & Thrillers

Influences

John McPhee, Michael Dibdin, Wallace Stegner, Richard Rhodes, Ernest H ...more

Member Since

August 2006

edit data

Photographer and writer, Randy Leffingwell, has more than 35 books in print, primarily on Americana subjects. These cover interests and areas as diverse as the American barn and Harley-Davidson motorcycles, California’s wine country and John Deere farm tractors. His awareness of and attraction to moving things goes back as far as he can remember, to the first Dinky Toys and Match Box cars his father and mother gave him. His practical introduction to real sports cars came several years later when his uncle took him to watch a weekend of racing events at Meadowdale International Raceway in suburban Chicago.

Throughout all this time, however, he imagined himself becoming an architect and his life-long admiration of buildings and design began w Photographer and writer, Randy Leffingwell, has more than 35 books in print, primarily on Americana subjects. These cover interests and areas as diverse as the American barn and Harley-Davidson motorcycles, California’s wine country and John Deere farm tractors. His awareness of and attraction to moving things goes back as far as he can remember, to the first Dinky Toys and Match Box cars his father and mother gave him. His practical introduction to real sports cars came several years later when his uncle took him to watch a weekend of racing events at Meadowdale International Raceway in suburban Chicago.

Throughout all this time, however, he imagined himself becoming an architect and his life-long admiration of buildings and design began with frequent trips to downtown Chicago. While in undergraduate studies at Kansas University in the architectural engineering sequence, he discovered photography, journalism, and reawakened an earlier passion for writing. He scarcely looked back as he shifted his major studies from architecture, through English, Art History, psychology, and finally to the William Allen White school of Journalism for a BS in photojournalism.

Following graduation from KU, Randy began a successful career as a photojournalist first at the Kansas City TIMES, then joining the staff of the Chicago SUN-TIMES where he remained for nine years. He then worked as associate editor at AutoWeek magazine in Detroit, before being hired by the Los Angeles TIMES as a writer/photographer. He worked for the TIMES for 11 years, covering everything from news stories to personality profiles to food features throughout Italy, film festivals in France and Utah, and live theater in London. It was, he says, a great job and a great place to work.

His latest project is a large history of Harley-Davidson for them. During this project, he photographed 193 motorcycles from the Harley-Davidson Archives Collection and he completed the corresponding text for the book in early April 2007. Release of this 432 page book tentatively is scheduled for early 2008.

...more

Combine Editions
Randy Leffingwell’s books

Average rating: 4.27 · 596 ratings · 56 reviews · 107 distinct works • Similar authors

	Porsche 911: 50 Years 4.34 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ultimate Horse Barns 4.23 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2006 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Porsche 911: Perfection by Design 4.44 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	John Deere Farm Tractors: A History of the John Deere Tractor 4.22 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1993 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	California Missions and Presidios: The History and Beauty of the Spanish Missions by Randy Leffingwell (Goodreads Author) (Photographs), Alastair Worden (Photographs) 4.40 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Porsche 70 Years: There Is No Substitute 4.22 avg rating — 18 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Complete Book of Porsche 911: Every Model since 1964 4.22 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lighthouses of the Pacific Coast: Your Guide to the Lighthouses of California, Oregon, and Washington by Randy Leffingwell (Goodreads Author), Pamela Welty 4.11 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Corvette: Fifty Years by Randy Leffingwell (Goodreads Author), David Newhardt (Photographer) 4.06 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2001 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hot Wheels: 35 Years of Speed, Power, Performance, and Attitude 4.55 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2003	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

More books by Randy Leffingwell…

Upcoming Events

No scheduled events. Add an event.

randy is Currently Reading

randy is currently reading

Bordeaux: A Comprehensive Guide to the Wines Produced from 1961 to 1997

by Robert M. Parker Jr.

bookshelves: currently-reading

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

Mar 22, 2009 08:14PM

randy is currently reading

Rabbit, Run (Rabbit Angstrom, #1)

by John Updike

bookshelves: currently-reading

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

Mar 22, 2009 06:42PM

rss
randy’s Recent Updates

randy is now friends with Marilyn DeYoung
Jul 11, 2016 06:04PM · like
randy rated a book really liked it The Red Tent by Anita Diamant (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This is an utterly amazing saga, packed with personalities and history, bringing into great clarity a period of time I pretty much had ignored.
Jul 31, 2014 07:54AM · like · see review · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of The Red Tent by Anita Diamant. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — The Red Tent by Anita Diamant <iframe id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
randy rated a book it was ok Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6) by J.K. Rowling	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Jul 31, 2014 07:54AM · like
randy rated a book liked it The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2) by Dan Brown (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
There is a fascinating, if very dry, book called Holy Blood, Holy Grail and when I read it about 8 years ago I thought, boy, this has the makings of a great tale. It seems to me Dan Brown had the same idea and he followed through on it. It takes all ...more
Jul 31, 2014 07:53AM · 2 likes · like · see review
randy rated a book it was ok Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4) by J.K. Rowling	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Jul 31, 2014 07:53AM · like
randy rated a book it was amazing The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This book taught me what I THOUGHT I needed to know about being an architect: Slash the lines down on paper and throw it at an engineer and say, "Here, I drew it, YOU make it stand up." I went to architecture school based on that presumption, survive ...more
Jul 31, 2014 07:53AM · like · see review
randy rated a book really liked it Brave New World by Aldous Huxley	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Jul 31, 2014 07:53AM · like
randy rated a book liked it Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Jul 31, 2014 07:53AM · like · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. <iframe id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
randy rated a book really liked it Animal Farm by George Orwell	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Jul 31, 2014 07:53AM · like
randy rated a book it was ok Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5) by J.K. Rowling	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Jul 31, 2014 07:53AM · like