Looking for an old Fortran book

From: HeartVFire (heartvfire_at_aol.com)
Date: 10/24/04 

Date: 24 Oct 2004 17:25:36 GMT

Hi
>
> Perhaps you can help me.   My sisters father-in-law just passed away,
> his name was Valbert (Val) Groth.   He wrote a book, supposedly called
> Fortrans, possibly on the subject of Fortrans with a different title.   
> It may have been written in the mid 1950's to early 1960's.   I'm being
> led to believe he (Val) created and wrote the first book about Fortrans.
>
> I am searching for this book to give it to my brother-in-law (the son of
> Val Groth), as it would have great sentimental value to him.   He found
> out about this book from a family friend, at his father's funeral.
>
> Val lived in Illinois, if this helps.
>
> Any info you can provide on this "mystery book" would be appreciated.  I
> have already tried "old book/textbooks" search engines, using the title
> Fortrans, and Val's full and abbreviated name, to no avail.
>
> Again, any help you can provide would be much appreciated.

Please email me if you have some information at:

heartvfire@aol.com

Thank you,
>
> Sheryl Crumb