The Resource Drive! : Henry Ford, George Selden, and the race to invent the auto age, Lawrence Goldstone
Drive! : Henry Ford, George Selden, and the race to invent the auto age, Lawrence Goldstone
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- Summary
- "From the acclaimed author of Birdmen comes a revelatory new history of the birth of the automobile, an illuminating and entertaining true tale of invention, competition, and the visionaries, hustlers, and swindlers who came together to transform the world. In 1900, the Automobile Club of America sponsored the nation's first car show in New York's Madison Square Garden. The event was a spectacular success, attracting seventy exhibitors and nearly fifty thousand visitors. Among the spectators was an obscure would-be automaker named Henry Ford, who walked the floor speaking with designers and engineers, trying to gauge public enthusiasm for what was then a revolutionary invention. His conclusion: the automobile was going to be a fixture in American society, both in the city and on the farm--and would make some people very rich. None, he decided, more than he. Drive! is the most complete account to date of the wild early days of the auto age. Lawrence Goldstone tells the fascinating story of how the internal combustion engine, a "theory looking for an application, " evolved into an innovation that would change history. Debunking many long-held myths along the way, Drive! shows that the creation of the automobile was not the work of one man, but very much a global effort. Long before anyone had heard of Henry Ford, men with names like Benz, Peugeot, Renault, and Daimler were building and marketing the world's first cars. Goldstone breathes life into an extraordinary cast of characters: the inventors and engineers who crafted engines small enough to use on a "horseless carriage"; the financiers who risked everything for their visions; the first racers--daredevils who pushed rickety, untested vehicles to their limits; and such visionary lawyers as George Selden, who fought for and won the first patent for the gasoline-powered automobile. Lurking around every corner is Henry Ford, a brilliant innovator and an even better marketer, a tireless promoter of his products--and of himself. With a narrative as propulsive as its subject, Drive! plunges us headlong into a time unlike any in history, when near-manic innovation, competition, and consumerist zeal coalesced to change the way the world moved. Advance praise for Drive! "Business history as you have never read it before. Lawrence Goldstone tells the tale of the important but now forgotten legal fight over the patent for the automobile. With more plot twists than a murder mystery and a cast of well-known industrial titans, Drive! takes the reader down the road from the dawning age of the automobile, when Henry Ford's dream almost turned into a nightmare."--James McGrath Morris, author of Pulitzer: A Life in Politics, Print, and Power "Utterly compelling and filled with fascinating stories and larger-than-life characters, Drive! is a joyride. I'll never get behind the wheel of my car again without thinking about Drive!"--Howard Blum, author of Dark Invasion and American Lightning "In suitably fast-paced prose, Goldstone tells the enthralling story of the fraught early days of the 'Horseless Age.' The cast in the high-stakes battle includes brilliant engineers, Gilded Age tycoons, and reckless daredevils both on the track and in the boardroom. Silicon Valley's billionaires have nothing on these guys for either ingenuity or ruthlessness."--Ross King, author of Brunelleschi's Dome "A lucid, intelligent page-turner, Drive! will enthrall and enlighten you."--Elizabeth MacDonald, senior stocks editor, FOX Business"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- x, 372 pages
- 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
- Isbn
- 9780553394184
- Label
- Drive! : Henry Ford, George Selden, and the race to invent the auto age
- Title
- Drive!
- Title remainder
- Henry Ford, George Selden, and the race to invent the auto age
- Statement of responsibility
- Lawrence Goldstone
- Subject
-
- Automobiles -- Design and construction | History
- Automobiles -- History
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology
- Automobile driving -- History
- TRANSPORTATION / Automotive / History
- Transportation, Automotive -- History
- HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
- Automobile industry and trade -- History
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "From the acclaimed author of Birdmen comes a revelatory new history of the birth of the automobile, an illuminating and entertaining true tale of invention, competition, and the visionaries, hustlers, and swindlers who came together to transform the world. In 1900, the Automobile Club of America sponsored the nation's first car show in New York's Madison Square Garden. The event was a spectacular success, attracting seventy exhibitors and nearly fifty thousand visitors. Among the spectators was an obscure would-be automaker named Henry Ford, who walked the floor speaking with designers and engineers, trying to gauge public enthusiasm for what was then a revolutionary invention. His conclusion: the automobile was going to be a fixture in American society, both in the city and on the farm--and would make some people very rich. None, he decided, more than he. Drive! is the most complete account to date of the wild early days of the auto age. Lawrence Goldstone tells the fascinating story of how the internal combustion engine, a "theory looking for an application, " evolved into an innovation that would change history. Debunking many long-held myths along the way, Drive! shows that the creation of the automobile was not the work of one man, but very much a global effort. Long before anyone had heard of Henry Ford, men with names like Benz, Peugeot, Renault, and Daimler were building and marketing the world's first cars. Goldstone breathes life into an extraordinary cast of characters: the inventors and engineers who crafted engines small enough to use on a "horseless carriage"; the financiers who risked everything for their visions; the first racers--daredevils who pushed rickety, untested vehicles to their limits; and such visionary lawyers as George Selden, who fought for and won the first patent for the gasoline-powered automobile. Lurking around every corner is Henry Ford, a brilliant innovator and an even better marketer, a tireless promoter of his products--and of himself. With a narrative as propulsive as its subject, Drive! plunges us headlong into a time unlike any in history, when near-manic innovation, competition, and consumerist zeal coalesced to change the way the world moved. Advance praise for Drive! "Business history as you have never read it before. Lawrence Goldstone tells the tale of the important but now forgotten legal fight over the patent for the automobile. With more plot twists than a murder mystery and a cast of well-known industrial titans, Drive! takes the reader down the road from the dawning age of the automobile, when Henry Ford's dream almost turned into a nightmare."--James McGrath Morris, author of Pulitzer: A Life in Politics, Print, and Power "Utterly compelling and filled with fascinating stories and larger-than-life characters, Drive! is a joyride. I'll never get behind the wheel of my car again without thinking about Drive!"--Howard Blum, author of Dark Invasion and American Lightning "In suitably fast-paced prose, Goldstone tells the enthralling story of the fraught early days of the 'Horseless Age.' The cast in the high-stakes battle includes brilliant engineers, Gilded Age tycoons, and reckless daredevils both on the track and in the boardroom. Silicon Valley's billionaires have nothing on these guys for either ingenuity or ruthlessness."--Ross King, author of Brunelleschi's Dome "A lucid, intelligent page-turner, Drive! will enthrall and enlighten you."--Elizabeth MacDonald, senior stocks editor, FOX Business"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1947-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Goldstone, Lawrence
- Dewey number
- 338.4/762922209041
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- TL15
- LC item number
- .G645 2016
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Automobiles
- Automobile industry and trade
- Automobiles
- Automobile driving
- Transportation, Automotive
- HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
- TRANSPORTATION / Automotive / History
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology
- Label
- Drive! : Henry Ford, George Selden, and the race to invent the auto age, Lawrence Goldstone
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- 1650541
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- x, 372 pages
- Isbn
- 9780553394184
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2016002581
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1650541
- (OCoLC)942744898
- Label
- Drive! : Henry Ford, George Selden, and the race to invent the auto age, Lawrence Goldstone
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- 1650541
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- x, 372 pages
- Isbn
- 9780553394184
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2016002581
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1650541
- (OCoLC)942744898
Subject
- Automobiles -- Design and construction | History
- Automobiles -- History
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology
- Automobile driving -- History
- TRANSPORTATION / Automotive / History
- Transportation, Automotive -- History
- HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
- Automobile industry and trade -- History
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