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Author	Goldstone, Lawrence, 1947-
Title	Drive! : Henry Ford, George Selden, and the race to invent the auto age / Lawrence Goldstone.
Publication Info.	New York, NY : Ballantine Books, [2016]
	©2016

Location	Call No.	Status
Stack 3	338.4 G	IN LIBRARY

Edition	First Edition.
Description	x, 372 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Note	Statement of responsibility from the dust jacket.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-358) and index.
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.
Subject	Automobiles -- History.
	Automobile industry and trade -- History.
	Automobiles -- Design and construction -- History.
	Automobile driving -- History.
	Transportation, Automotive -- History.
Genre or Form	History.
Added Title	Henry Ford, George Selden, and the race to invent the auto age
ISBN	9780553394184 (hardback ; acid-free paper)
	0553394185 (hardback ; acid-free paper)
	9780553394191 (ebook)
	0553394193 (ebook)

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