Drive! Henry Ford, George Selden, and the race to invent the auto age
"A revelatory new history of the birth of the automobile ... [a] true tale of invention, competition, and the visionaries, hustlers, and swindlers who came together to transform the world. In 1900, the Automobile Club of America sponsored the nation's first car show in New York's Madi...
| Main Author: | Goldstone, Lawrence, 1947- (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Ballantine Books,
[2016]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Prologue: A day in court
- Power in a tube
- The man who would be king
- Made in Germany ...
- ... Perfected in France
- An uneasy romance with the horse
- Early Americans
- The self-created man
- Speed
- A road of one's own
- The once and future car
- Selden redux
- Ford begins his alphabet
- Man and dog over the Rockies
- Willie K. comes home
- Collision
- Willie K.'s road
- Palace coup
- The first shot of the revolution
- Mr. Selden comes to New York
- Ford Motor comes of age
- Around the world in 169 days
- Ford's phenomenon
- False end of a long trail
- It's never over ...
- Epilogue.