Used book: Wheels For A Nation

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Used Book — Condition: Excellent.

One of the most comprehensive books available detailing the history of the American automobile industry along with almost 300 b&w photos and illustrations of early cars, prototypes, ads, and much more.

Table of Contents

• Mrs. Astor's Pet Horseless
• Rule of Thumb
• The Automobile Game
• The Mechanical Cockroach
• The Slide Rule Cometh
• The Big Change
• Pour le Sport
• Big Business
• The New America

The book starts its narrative on the evening of November 3, 1900 at Madison Square Garden featuring the very first automobile show in New York. In attendance were the Vanderbilts, the Astors, the Rockefellers, and other high-society luminaries.

Then author Frank Donovan walks you through the industry's history introducing you to automotive giants like Henry Ford, Ransom Olds, and Alfred P. Sloan, to name a few.

A must-read as well as must-have book for any automobile history buff.

Book is in good, clean condition, and complete. Some wear and wrinkles on cover. Shows signs of light use. No dust jacket.

Only one copy available. Non-returnable.

Used book: Wheels For A Nation