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Muscle: America's Legendary Performance Cars
Darwin Holmstrom Manufacturer: Motorbooks ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0760322848 |
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In the 1960s three incendiary ingredientsdeveloping V-8 engine technology, a culture consumed by the need for speed, and 75 million baby boomers entering the auto marketexploded in the form of the factory muscle car. The resulting vehicles, brutal machines unlike any the world had seen before or will ever see again, defined the sex-drugs-and-rock-and-roll generation. This was a generation of people with excessive appetites for hedonistic pleasures, and the cars they drove provided hedonistic pleasure in wretched excess.Muscle: Americas Legendary Performance Cars chronicles this tumultuous period of American history through the primary tool Americans use to define themselves: their automobiles. From the street-racing hot rod culture that emerged following World War II through the new breed of muscle cars emerging from Detroit today, this book brings to life the history of American muscle. Featuring exquisite photography of classic muscle cars by top photographer David Newhardt and a text that pulls no punches, Muscle: Americas Legendary Performance Cars is the definitive muscle car history.Customer Reviews:
Great Cars of the 60's.......2007-09-10
Muscle Car Culture.......2007-08-25
the best muscle car book.......2007-07-22
Great photography, but if you are a Ford fan, don't bother.......2007-02-07
Gripping Story.......2007-01-13
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Legendary Model A Ford: The Complete History of America's Favorite Car
Peter Winnewisse Manufacturer: Krause Publications ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 089689231X |
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The best-selling Model A book of all time is now in full color! The Legendary Model A Ford, 2nd Edition, brings collectors and enthusiasts the craftsmanship and style that helped shape an industry through more than 225 brilliant color photos.In this expert reference, illustrations, photos and owner stories chronicle the journey of the Model A from its beginning, through its heyday, to the final years of production and into history books. Model A enthusiasts will enjoy the collection of sales data, production details and promotion material featured in photos of vintage sales slips, newspaper advertisements, specification sheets, cartoons, brochures and more! Plus, a special section containing letters to dealers gives readers a peek into the world of Ford salesmanship of the day.
-225+ color photos of Model As provide enthusiasts with a picturesque resource
-Contains vintage cartoons and promotions for historical reference
-All models from 1927-32 are featured, making this a showpiece for any collector!
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Awesome.......2007-09-01
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Standard Catalog of American Cars 1805-1942 (Standard Catalog of American Cars)
Beverly R. Kimes , Henry Austin Clark , Ralph Dunwoodie , and Keith Marvin Manufacturer: Krause Publications ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0873414284 |
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Excellent automobile reference........2002-08-16
The Best Source for Researching American Automobile History!.......1998-12-08
Even the most obscure and low-key manufacturer is covered. This book is well worth it's price and my only criticism would be...if all other readers used it as much as I do...please publish the next edition in hardcover!!
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Pro Sports Car Racing in America (Motorbooks Classic)
Dave Friedman Manufacturer: Motorbooks ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0760319162 |
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Penske, Shelby, Hall, Gurney, Hill, Ginther, Reventlow, Miles, Cunningham, Krause-these are the men who dominated sports car racing in North America at the start of the 1958 racing season. For the next 16 years, the cars became progressively faster, the competition hotter, and the stakes higher. But what was it really like to thread a factory-sponsored Porsche 917 or Ferrari 512 through the corkscrew at Riverside or to tromp the brake on a factory McLaren at the last possible deep spot of the Canadian Corner at Road America? Few are fortunate to know first-hand, but for the rest, Dave Friedman's photography straps you in the driver's seat. More than 300 photos, many in color, relive the fastest, hottest, most intense racing in American history.Customer Reviews:
Good...but not great.......2007-09-18
Pro Sports Car Racing in America 1958-1974.......2005-11-29
Pro Sports Car Racing in America, 1958/1974.......2002-07-05
As such, if you try to correlate the data from other books with the non-existant data from this book.............
Really nothing more than a 'magazine article' which had been given limited pages......
A limited volume, which only leads us to wait, and hope for someone else to do a complete job on this subject.
Dennis
PRO SPORTS CAR EXTRAVAGANZA!.......2000-02-23
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Driving Women: Fiction and Automobile Culture in Twentieth-Century America
Deborah Clarke Manufacturer: The Johns Hopkins University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0801886171 |
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Over the years, cars have helped to define the experiences and self-perceptions of women in complex and sometimes unexpected ways. When women take the wheel, family structure and public space are reconfigured and re-gendered, creating a context for a literary tradition in which the car has served as a substitute for, an escape from, and an extension of the home, as well as a surrogate mother, a financial safeguard, and a means of self-expression.
Driving Women examines the intersection of American fiction -- primarily but not exclusively by women -- and automobile culture. Deborah Clarke argues that issues critical to twentieth-century American society -- technology, mobility, domesticity, and agency -- are repeatedly articulated through women's relationships with cars. Women writers took surprisingly intense interest in car culture and its import for modern life, as the car, replete with material and symbolic meaning, recast literal and literary female power in the automotive age.
Clarke draws on a wide range of literary works, both canonical and popular, to document women's fascination with cars from many perspectives: historical, psychological, economic, ethnic. Authors discussed include Wharton, Stein, Faulkner, O'Connor, Morrison, Erdrich, Mason, Kingsolver, Lopez, Kadohata, Smiley, Senna, Viramontes, Allison, and Silko. By investigating how cars can function as female space, reflect female identity, and reshape female agency, this engaging study opens up new angles from which to approach fiction by and about women and traces new directions in the intersection of literature, technology, and gender.
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This Old Corvette: The Ultimate Tribute to America's Sports Car (Town Square Book)
Michael Dregni Manufacturer: Voyageur Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0896586227 |
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EXCELLENT.......2004-05-19
A Great Way to Increase Your Corvette Pleasure!.......2003-10-16
I belong to that huge majority, people who have always wanted to own a Corvette . . . but never have. I was delighted to see that this book even includes us. The first essay, "Ever Want to Buy a Corvette?," talks about all the "good" reasons why we never did buy one. I found myself there. That whetted my appetite to read about those who took the big step, and learn more about how it affected their lives.
The long and the short is that this book makes me want to own a Corvette more than ever. I hope I decide to act on that long delayed desire soon!
The book features wonderful photographs and artwork of the most gorgeous Corvettes, even showing some that have been over customized. I found my appreciation for the styling growing after I saw how little the design could be improved visually.
The essays come at the subject from every direction -- speed, buying, fixing up, sharing, and the effects on one's marriage. Less you think this is only a man's book, "Lifestyle of a Corvette Widower" will amuse you with the woman's version of the life of a man whose wife owns a 'Vette.
The book is also good on history, including a timeline of key events, tracking down one of the original cars and sharing the letter that saved the Corvette project from being scrapped in the early days.
My favorite essay was Martin Milner's about his days as an actor on "Route 66" when George Maharis and he drove their beautiful new Corvettes off to new adventures every week.
Although I cannot speak as a Corvette owner, I suspect that this book would make a great gift to someone who does indulge in that wonderful status.
Enjoy!
After you finish this wonderful book, be sure to go out for a drive (even if it's only a test drive) or a Corvette.
This Old Corvette.......2003-06-04
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Mustang, America's Favorite Pony Car
John A. Gunnell Manufacturer: Krause Publications ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0873419464 |
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From highway patrol to Indy Pace Cars, GTs and Shelby-Cobras to Mach 1s, Mustang lovers will corral all their favorites in this comprehensive look at the pony car legend.This is the complete story of Mustang from the `963 Prototype through today, including the cloak of secrecy surrounding its early development, its racing and high-performance history, prototypes and specials, the enormously popular 5.0 litre of the pack, and much more. Up-to-date coverage showcases 6 more years than the last edition, plus an all-new 16-page color section and helpful buying tips.
-Complete coverage of Mustang through 2000.
-Comprehensive spec, option, and production figures.
-All-new 16-page color section.
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New Life for the Done to Death.......2002-02-18
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Larz Anderson Park (MA) (Images of America)
Evan P. Ide Manufacturer: Arcadia Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0738536083 Release Date: 2004-12-01 |
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Nestled in the affluent Boston suburb of Brookline, Larz Anderson Park was once the lavish estate of Isabel and Larz Anderson. The Andersons employed Boston's finest architects and builders to design their manor house and French chateau-style carriage house and drew on their world travels to create Japanese, Chinese, and Italianate gardens that were featured in countless newspapers and magazines. Upon Isabel's death in 1948, the estate was bequeathed to the town of Brookline. Larz Anderson Park celebrates the splendor of the Anderson estate and the history of this beloved community park.
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Corvette: America's Sports Car (Motorbooks Classic)
Randy Leffingwell Manufacturer: Motorbooks ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items: ASIN: 0760313520 |
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Beautifully photographed history covers all Corvettes from the models 1953 introduction to the unveiling of the C5 in 1997.Customer Reviews:
The best Corvette book ever!.......2003-08-10
An exceptionally well-written book, with superb photography.......1998-12-01
What really sets this book apart from the myriad of others written on this subject is David Newhardt's brilliant photography. A contributing editor to several automotive magazines, David's talent for placing Corvettes in front of unusual backgrounds that complement the Corvettes' lines is unequalled.
I highly recommend this book to anyone who has ever had his or her head turned by a Corvette.
terrific.......1998-11-11
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Roadside America: 365 Days
Lucinda Lewis Manufacturer: Harry N. Abrams ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0810945401 |
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In Style hailed Lucinda Lewis's Roadside America as "a ride through the history of the automobile-for those who lust for the open road." Time magazine said that her "elegant images of classic cars magically transport the reader to the intersection of Nostalgia Road and Dream Drive." Now, building on the success of that evocative celebration of America's love affair with the automobile, comes Roadside America: 365 Days-a year's worth of fabulous automobiles from all eras.Fans of vintage cars will surely find their favorites among the Packards and Cadillacs, woodies and pickups, Edsels and Bel-Airs, Corvettes and Thunderbirds, hot rods and muscle cars-all shown in glorious full color by one of the world's premier automobile photographers. Peppered with quotes from those who traveled the country's fabled roads in the days before interstates and chain restaurants, when the journey took longer but was richer for the experience, this irresistible volume-in the enormously popular format of Abrams' Earth from Above: 365 Days and The Universe: 365 Days-is the ideal gift book for every classic-car enthusiast and anyone interested in America's fabulous and fast-fading roadside culture.
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wow.......2007-09-20
Exciting Mix Of Automobile History & Premium Photography.......2000-12-18
Photographer Lewis relates that ad agencies would urge her to shoot cars in studio setups. But she always preferred to go on location to wait until the dawn sky "radiated a glow that rolls like warm caramel across a car's sheet metal."
That glow rolls through the pages of this sumptuous photographic history of the American motor car. The book starts with the Model T (costing $850 in 1908) and Henry Ford's vow to "build a car for the great multitude." It picks up speed in the '20s with the birth of the U.S. highway and cruises to our current national love affair with SUVs, "two-ton behemoths that swill fuel like hogs at the trough."
The automobiles themselves will be treat enough for car nuts. For the rest of us there is Lewis's affection for Americana. She shoots a '35 Ford pickup, black with red-rimmed wheels, against the bleakness of Two Guns, Ariz.; a ruby red '59 Cadillac Eldorado convertible in the glitter gulch of Fremont Street in Vegas; and a muscle-car legend, the '64 Pontiac GTO, beneath a towering doughnut sign in L.A.
A great gift for car loving guys & gals on Valentine's Day or any day. Warning: The rumble of the road will be calling you!
The Open Road Comes Alive.......2000-11-20
Worthwhile time-travel guide; review exerpt from lacar.com.......2000-11-18
...Roadside America is a long-term book. Lucinda Lewis has lovingly recorded historic cars in historic settings with such visual detail that it is impossible to take them all in at one viewing. You will come back time and again. This book evokes all the romance and sense of adventure that early automotive culture has come to mean. Whether you are a fan of beautiful old cars, traveling Americana, automotive culture, or dramatic professional photography of all of the above, Roadside America, The Automobile and the American Dream is for you.
Roadside A Winner.......2000-10-04
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