Russell E. Lewis is an author, college professor, and farmer in Michigan. Among his books are American Farm Collectibles, Heddon Catalogs: Over 50 Years of Great Fishing, and Collecting Antique Bird Decoys and Duck Calls, 3rd Edition.
Reader Reviews
While the book has some interesting information on the subject of Zippo lighters, I feel too much space is used to show old Magazine ads for Zippo lighters. This space could have been used for more pictures of actual Zippo lighters and updated pictures from inside the Zippo factory. The pictures of the plant itself show workers putting Zippos in the old flame boxes which were only used until 1976. The other main issue of my dissapointment was the apparent lack of research that went in to the writing of the book. There are many errors in the style names of lighters shown in the pictures as well as the values. The biggest error that stuck in my head was where they said Zippo manufacturing cleans the lighters before they return them to the customers after they go through the repair clinic. It is unfortunate that Mr. Pope didn't have the opportunity to finish the book he started, perhaps more research of facts would have been done before publishing. While the book that David Poore wrote years ago is a bit outdated on the values, it is a very valuable piece of reference material for the novice and seasoned Zippo collector. I would strongly encourage anyone thinking of buying a book on Zippos that they consider Mr. Poores book instead.
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