The Gasoline Age

In this fascinating volume, first published in 1937, Carl B. Glasscock charts the rise of the American automobile industry and the men who pioneered the "Gasoline Age". Such luminaries as Henry Ford, Hansom Olds, Charles E. Duryea, Alexander Winton are discussed in detail, from the shift from a foreign-centric New York market to the powerhouse Detroit manufacturing and innovation hub.