Summary: From Henry Ford's Model "T" to the classics of the 1930s and 40s, this video "treats viewers to a memorable look at the times, the cars, and the roads that transformed America."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delaney Communications 1994
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD ROAClymer, Floyd
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Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill 1950
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.2 ClymerIngrassia, Paul.
Summary: Chronicles the history reflected by fifteen iconic car models to discuss how automobiles reflect key cultural shifts as well as developments in such areas as manufacturing, women's rights, and environmental awareness.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.2 IngrassiaYanik, Anthony J.
Contents: Prologue to the founding of Maxwell-Briscoe -- The formation of the Maxwell-Briscoe Company -- Maxwell-Briscoe's rapid rise in the marketplace -- Maxwell-Briscoe's failed merger attempts -- Maxwell-Briscoe as a division of the United States Motor Company -- The dissolution of the U.S. Motor Company -- Walter Flanders and the new Maxwell organization -- Bankers select Walter P. Chrysler to save...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.7 YANAlbert, Daniel M. (Daniel Marc)
Summary: "Tech giants and automakers have been teaching robots to drive. In Are We There Yet?, Dan Albert combines historical scholarship with personal narrative to explore how car culture has suffused America's DNA. The plain, old-fashioned, human-driven car built our economy, won our wars, and shaped our democratic creed as it moved us about. Driver's ed made teenagers into citizens; auto repair made...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.48 ALBLehto, Steve
Summary: "In the wake of World War II, the U.S. automobile industry was fully unprepared to meet the growing demands of the public, for whom they had not made any cars for years. In stepped Preston Tucker, a salesman extraordinaire who announced the building of a revolutionary new car: the Tucker '48, the first car in almost a decade to be built fresh from the ground up. Tucker's car, which would...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TUCKER, PRESTON LEHSwift, Earl
Summary: Follows auto mechanic Tommy Arney as he painstakingly attempts to restores a classic 1957 Chevy to its former glory, all while financial ruin, government bureaucrats and the FBI close in on him.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.2222 SWINaldrett, Alan.
Summary: "Among more than two hundred auto companies that tried their luck in the Motor City, just three remain: Ford, General Motors and Chrysler. But many of those lost to history have colorful stories worth telling. For instance, J.J. Cole forgot to put brakes in his new auto, so on the first test run, he had to drive it in circles until it ran out of gas. Brothers John and Horace Dodge often trashed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: History Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.2 NALGenat, Robert
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Publisher / Publication Date: MBI Pub. 1999
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 381.4562 GENWrynn, V. Dennis
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Publisher / Publication Date: Motorbooks International 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.4 WrynnFlory, J. Kelly.
Summary: "This comprehensive reference book details every model from each of the major manufacturers. Year by year, it provides an overview of the industry and market and an individual report on each company: its news, production figures, market status, powertrain offerings, paint colors and major options along with body styles, prices, dimensions and weights, standard equipment and production...
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Publisher / Publication Date: McFarland & Company 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.2 FloryGeorgano, G. N.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithmark 1992
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Pub. Co. 1990
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 629.2222 JANDerrick, Martin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Pub. Co. 2001
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 629.222 DERMandel, Leon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stewart, Tabori & Chang 1982
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 629.2222 MANSiuru, William D.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Krause Publications 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 SIUWitzel, Michael Karl
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lowe & B. Hould Pub. 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.3 WITFoster, Patrick R.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Krause Publications 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.2 FosterBaime, A. J. (Albert J.)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.72 BAISummary: "Beyond the Horizons: The Lockheed Story is the story of those turbulent eighty-two years during which Lockheed achieved fantastic successes and endured occasional failures. Lockheed aircraft set innumerable records and were flown by great pioneering aviators such as Amelia Earhart, Wiley Post, and Howard Hughes. Lockheed engineers achieved fame usually reserved for film stars: Men like the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Automobile Quarterly Publications 1983
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 338.7 GENSummary: Kowalski works for a car delivery service. He takes delivery of a 1970 Dodge Challenger that needs to go from Colorado to San Fransisco. Shortly after receiving the car, he takes a bet to get it there in less than 15 hours. After a few run-ins with motorcycle cops and highway patrol, they start a chase to bring him into custody. Along the way, Kowalski is guided by Supersoul who is a blind DJ...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2009