Archive for Author 'Helen Hutchings', only excerpts shown, click title for full entry.
Studebaker Museum [Two books about_]
Studebaker’s first car was an electric—in 1902 but they quickly switched to gasoline, establishing a reputation for quality and reliability. The innovative Avanti coupe was their last stab at keeping the doors open.
Ford, Henry [Three books about_]
This towering American industrialist did much, said much, thought much. Not everything got recorded right, interpreted right, remembered right. Time for some periodic housekeeping!
Champion of the Lark
by Robert R. Ebert
Clever title: the Champion in 1939 is what informed Churchill’s insistence upon the Lark compact car to guide his company into solvency in the late 1950s. Clever book, too!
Delage, Styling and Design
by Richard S Adatto and Diana E Meredith
The most challenging aspect of this book is keeping one’s attention focused on the words that are printed on the pages. That’s simply because the images keep pulling you back to look some more. Few can resist the visual feast of those lush, lovely sculpted lines created by the fabled French coachbuilders.
Avanti: Studebaker and Beyond
by John Hull
The marketing blurb for this photo-history book is “spot on” for anyone who is already knowledgeable regarding the marque. On its 94 pages are 120 large, sharp images that permit all the details of the scenes from the decades of Avanti history to be seen clearly. Avanti enthusiasts will enjoy perusing the pages and then studying them again more closely.
My Father the Car: Memoirs of My Life With Studebaker
by Stu Chapman
North Americans have always known about Daimler, or Daimler-Benzes after these two amalgamated in 1926. However, in spite of Max Hoffman’s best efforts, it wasn’t until the company, by then called Mercedes-Benz, made an arrangement with Studebaker that it really achieved a North American presence.
Harry Truman’s Excellent Adventure: The True Story of a Great American Road Trip
by Matthew Algeo
Road trips, and the books wherein the tales of each are told, continually attract and delight readers. First-person stories from writers like William Least-Heat Moon with his Blue Highways and John Steinbeck telling of hisTravels with Charley have entertained, informed, and motivated others to go exploring.
Three to Go Mario!
by Andy Evans
In this book Andy recalls a memory from his youth. He was 12 when his father took him to watch Mario Andretti compete in the 1977 Grand Prix that was run over the course laid out on the streets of Long Beach, California.
Sidecar Scooter
by Bruce Caldwell
Scooter has an adventurous life and his story fills the pages of this delightful book. Caldwell turned a (mostly) true story into a tale of tails and Charlie O Hayward created just-for-this-book full-color, full-of-personality artwork to illustrate it.
Two Books for Youths by Bruce Carter
by Bruce Carter
Illustrated by Raymond Briggs these two beautifully made books tell the story of one exciting event selected from the racing life of each man in a suspenseful way that keeps the reader, regardless of age, turning the pages.
Against Death and Time: One Fatal Season in Racing’s Glory Years
by Brock Yates
Racers, even the purely amateur sporting set, recognize there are certain dangers inherent in the practice of their chosen activity. Yates recounts all the tragic events of 1955 that had such a tremendous impact on motorsports for years to follow.
Garage Envy – Eight books about garages
What do Popsicles® and garage books have in common? Both come in a myriad of “flavors” and just as your sweet tooth may favor orange over cherry or maybe likes grape the best, so might one type of garage book be more enticing to you than another. For instance, let’s say you want to be […]
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