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

Pioneers, Engineers, and Scoundrels: The Dawn of the Automobile in America

by Beverly Rae Kimes

SAE observed its 100th birthday in 2005 and published this book about the very beginnings of the auto industry—authored by a very special person with an impeccable reputation for careful research and equal care with the writing.

The Alphabet and The Automobile

by Murray L. Smith, illustrations by Charles W. Queener

Typically A-B-C books are for little kids. It is obvious at first glance, however, that this one wasn’t intended for those lively little minds with short attention spans. Those kiddos are captivated by A is for aardvark and a Blue Train for B is likely to elicit a squeal of “Oh, show me Thomas the Tank!

Queen of the Midnight Skies

The Story of America’s Air Force Night Fighters

by Garry R. Pape & Ronald C. Harrison

While focusing on the Northrop P-61 the book also discusses other types, in the context of technology, operational matters, and personnel.

Life on a Wing and a Prayer

by Peter G. Dickens

A true story of and by someone who has spent decades flying anything and everything with wings. This memoir is the result of people who knew and appreciated those stories leaning on the author to write them down.

Chrome Dreams, Automobile Styling Since 1893

by Paul C. Wilson

Illustrated with line drawings instead of photos this book aims to draw attention to what design features worked and/or found favor. The book is decades old by now and so makes for an interesting case study, also in regards to the author’s analytical abilities.

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