Archive for Author 'Helen Hutchings', only excerpts shown, click title for full entry.

Blue Bug: The Story of A Girl and A Car

by Ronald Sieber

That’s a Type 35 on the cover and the little girl obviously loves it and wants to own it one day. And then she meets an honest to goodness Bugatti-racing woman!

Kinser: A Racing Career Like No Other

by Steve Kinser with Dave Argabright

The most successful sprint car driver of all time retired from competition with a reputation for being able to outfox defeat in seemingly impossible-to-win situations. What made him tick?

The American Car Since 1775

The Most Complete Survey of the American Automobile ever Published

by The Editors of AQ

Fifty years after its first publication you can still find this book without much effort, at less than the original MSRP, and often in “as new” condition—meaning those owners never used the book as it was meant to. Don’t be that person!

Eleanor in the Village

Eleanor Roosevelt’s Search for Freedom and Identity in New York’s Greenwich Village

by Jan Jarboe Russel

Even as First Lady she maintained ties to the Village, in fact made it her permanent residence for a while after FDR’s death. What personal and political currents drew her there?

American Naval History in 50 Ships: Unsung Vessels from the Colonial Era to the Cold War

by James M. Caiella

They may have been “unsung” but each of the ships—and their crews!—discussed here played a significant role in American history.

The Book Bus

by Melanie Moore, Brian Wray

Do you read to your car? Unexpected things might happen. The bookmobile at the center of this story really exists, operated by a former teacher who found her second calling and requisitioned her husband’s vintage VW.

Bella Mangusta, The Italian Art and Design of the De Tomaso Mangusta

by Dick Ruzzin

GM’s styling chief ordered a bespoke Mangusta to show his bosses that they were missing out on the sort of exciting sporty car that would be good for the bottom line. They passed, but the car is still around, owned by the author.

Landings in America: Two People, One Summer, and a Piper Cub

A Flying Memoir

by Peter Egan

A memoir of a 7000-mile flight across the US in a 1945 Piper. It took place 40 years ago, a boom time for private aviation in the US.

Designing Dreams

by Dick Ruzzin

At the center of these essays is the groundbreaking1966 Oldsmobile Toronado, designed by the author. But what started out as the story of its design program then grew into one about the creation of the car designer profession by Harley Earl.

Quest for Speed: The Epic Saga of Record-Breaking on Land

by Barry John

Ever watch a car break the sound barrier? If it’s a blur to look at, imagine what it looks like from inside the cockpit! When Chuck Yeager had done it in the air half a century before, he too was rattled. This book covers highlights of the 100-year LSR history.

Ed Pink, The Old Master

by Ed Pink with Bones Bourcier

There was a time, before crew chiefs, when engine builders were as famous as the star drivers because they saw to every aspect of a car’s performance. Having built thousands of engines, at 92, Pink finally called it quits and finished his biography instead.

William Howard Taft and the First Motoring Presidency, 1909–1913  

by Michael L. Bromley

Impressively documented re-appraisal of oft-maligned president, with special emphasis on autos. At an important early stage, Taft, in the face of opposition, articulated a national interest in the auto industry and the social advances of widespread motorization.

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