Bova, Dan
Summary: Presents facts about big and fast cars, information on the science and history of automobiles, stories of people with great car-related jobs, activities and games, and a look at some celebrity car collections.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hearst Home Kids, an imprint of Hearst Books/Hearst Communications, Inc. 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629.222 BOVLehto, 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, Call number: 338.76 LEHCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TUCKER, PRESTON LEHLehto, Steve.
Summary: From the Publisher: In 1964, Chrysler gave the world a glimpse of the future. They built a fleet of turbine cars-automobiles with jet engines-and loaned them out to members of the public. The fleet logged over a million miles; the exercise was a raging success. These turbine engines would run on any flammable liquid-tequila, heating oil, Chanel #5, diesel, alcohol, kerosene. If the cars had...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.2 LehtoHarrington, Denis J.
Summary: Discusses the history and development of the luxury sports car and reveals the features of the newest models.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithmark 1996
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 629.222 HARJanicki, Edward.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Pub. Co. 1990