Title:
A history of cars
Author:
ISBN:
9780836862867
Edition:
North American ed.
Publication Information:
Milwaukee, WI : Gareth Stevens Pub., 2006.
Physical Description:
36 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 25 cm.
Series:
General Note:
Includes index.
Previously published: Tunbridge Wells, Kent, U.K. : Ticktock Entertainment, 2003.
Contents:
The horseless carriage -- The dawn of auto travel -- Early automobiles -- Status and comfort -- At the garage -- Early automakers -- Mass production -- The 1920s -- The 1930s -- The 1940s and 1950s -- Commercialvehicles -- Auto races -- Design successes and failures -- The immortals -- Cars of today and cars of tomorrow.
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Summary:
Chronicles the development of automobiles beginning with Leonardo da Vinci's fifteenth-century vehicle designs, and discusses the influence of European inventors and the effects of mass production.
