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1) Cars of the fantastic '50s

Author

Lyons, Dan

Publisher

KP Books

Pub. Date

c2005

Language

English

2) Treasury of early American automobiles, 1877-1925

Author

Clymer, Floyd

Publisher

McGraw-Hill

Pub. Date

[1950]

Language

English

3) Engines of change: a history of the American dream in fifteen cars

Author

Ingrassia, Paul

Publisher

Simon & Schuster

Pub. Date

c2012

Language

English

Description

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Chronicles the history reflected by fifteen iconic car models to discuss how automobiles reflect key cultural shifts as well as developments in such areas as manufacturing, women's rights, and environmental awareness.

4) Are we there yet?: the American automobile, past, present, and driverless

Author

Albert, Daniel M

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Company

Pub. Date

[2019]

Language

English

Description

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"Tech giants and automakers have been teaching robots to drive. In Are We There Yet?, Dan Albert combines historical scholarship with personal narrative to explore how car culture has suffused America's DNA. The plain, old-fashioned, human-driven car built our economy, won our wars, and shaped our democratic creed as it moved us about. Driver's ed made teenagers into citizens; auto repair made boys into men. Crusades against the automobile are nothing...

5) Muscle cars: style, power, and performance

Author

Glastonbury, Jim

Publisher

Chartwell Books

Pub. Date

2016.

Language

English

6) Road hogs: Detroit's big, beautiful luxury performance cars of the 1960s

Author

Peters, Eric

Publisher

Motorbooks

Pub. Date

2011

Language

English

7) Standard guide to 1950s American cars

Author

Gunnell, John

Publisher

Krause Publications

Pub. Date

c2004

Language

English

8) Motor girls: how women took the wheel and drove boldly into the twentieth century

Author

Macy, Sue

Publisher

National Geographic Partners

Pub. Date

[2017]

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 3

Language

English

9) Lost car legends: from Allstate to Zimmer notable cars and stories of America's long-shuttered independent auto makers

Author

Foster, Patrick R

Publisher

Enthusiast Books

Pub. Date

[2020]

Language

English

10) Smokin' race cars

Author

Kelley, K. C

Series

Fast wheels!

Publisher

Speeding Star, an imprint of Enslow Publishers, Inc

Pub. Date

[2013]

Language

English

Description

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"Experience the thrill of a NASCAR race, and learn about the cars, personalities, and races associated with this sport"--Provided by publisher.

11) Faster, higher, farther: the Volkswagen scandal

Author

Ewing, Jack

Publisher

W.W . Norton & Company, Independent Publishers Since 1923

Pub. Date

[2017]

Language

English

12) Go like hell: Ford, Ferrari, and their battle for speed and glory at Le Mans

Author

Baime, A. J

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Pub. Date

2009

Language

English

13) The devil's Mercedes: the bizarre and disturbing adventures of Hitler's limousine in America

Author

Klara, Robert

Publisher

Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press

Pub. Date

2017.

Language

English

14) Standard catalog of imported cars 1946-2002

Author

Covello, Mike

Publisher

Krause Publications

Pub. Date

c2002

Language

English

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1) Cars of the fantastic '50s

2) Treasury of early American automobiles, 1877-1925

3) Engines of change: a history of the American dream in fifteen cars

4) Are we there yet?: the American automobile, past, present, and driverless

5) Muscle cars: style, power, and performance

6) Road hogs: Detroit's big, beautiful luxury performance cars of the 1960s

7) Standard guide to 1950s American cars

8) Motor girls: how women took the wheel and drove boldly into the twentieth century

9) Lost car legends: from Allstate to Zimmer notable cars and stories of America's long-shuttered independent auto makers

10) Smokin' race cars

11) Faster, higher, farther: the Volkswagen scandal

12) Go like hell: Ford, Ferrari, and their battle for speed and glory at Le Mans

13) The devil's Mercedes: the bizarre and disturbing adventures of Hitler's limousine in America

14) Standard catalog of imported cars 1946-2002

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