| American Automobiles of the Brass Era: Essential Specifications of 4,000+ Gasoline Powered Passenger Cars, 1906-1915, with a Statistical and Historica Contributor(s): Dluhy, Robert D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0786471360 ISBN-13: 9780786471362 Publisher: McFarland & Company OUR PRICE: $49.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Transportation | Automotive - General |
| Dewey: 629.222 |
| LCCN: 2013033488 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 8.5" W x 10.9" (1.19 lbs) 220 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From Abbott-Detroit to Zip, this unique reference book documents American gasoline-powered automobiles manufactured for the model years 1906 through 1915, the Brass Era. In these explosive early years of automotive history, a vast number of manufacturers--most of which failed within two years--produced a range of cars whose sheer diversity is unmatched in later times. The short corporate lifespans and constant change throughout the industry left a fragmented historical record, with data about specific models scarce and scattered in later sources. Here the basic facts of 4,000+ cars, painstakingly researched in all available period sources, are collected and trends of the era are analyzed. |