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Studebaker : The Complete History by Patrick Foster (2008, Hardcover)
Item specificsCondition Very Good Seller Notes Pre-owned book in very good condition. Small tear in the dust jacket otherwise is in great shape. Please see the photos of the book to see its condition. ISBN 9780760332870 Book Title Studebaker : the Complete History Item Length 10.9in Publisher Quarto Publishing Group USA Publication Year 2008 Format Hardcover Language English Item Height 0.8in Author Patrick Foster Genre Non-Classifiable, Transportation, Business & Economics Topic Industries / Automobile Industry, Automotive / Antique & Classic Item Width 9.2in Item Weight 44.1 Oz Number of Pages 192 Pages About this productProduct InformationStudebaker began business as a builder of covered wagons. By 1921 they were the number four automaker in the nation. By 1932 they were bankrupt. And for Studebaker, one of the most remarkable stories in American automotive history, that was only the beginning. "Studebaker: America's Most Successful Independent Automaker" tells the full and fabulously colorful history of this icon of the American automotive scene. Rife with triumph and tragedy, brilliant moves and boneheaded decisions, Studebaker's decades of building cars makes for a tempestuous saga featuring some of the more interesting characters in the twentieth-century business world. But, above all, the story features cars that, for countless Americans, truly defined driving: not just the Champion, which rocketed the company back to the top in 1939, or the 1950s Raymond Lowey-designed Starliner, deemed a "work of art" by the Museum of Modern Art, but also the Hawks and Larks that so many drivers loved. As the book traces Studebaker's fortunes from success to crisis to merger and back, it also dwells with loving photographic attention on the vehicles, from the first electric car to the last Avanti. Product IdentifiersPublisher Quarto Publishing Group USA ISBN-10 0760332878 ISBN-13 9780760332870 Product ID (ePID) 64026414 Product Key FeaturesBook Title Studebaker : the Complete History Format Hardcover Language English Topic Industries / Automobile Industry, Automotive / Antique & Classic Publication Year 2008 Genre Non-Classifiable, Transportation, Business & Economics Number of Pages 192 Pages DimensionsItem Length 10.9in Item Height 0.8in Item Width 9.2in Item Weight 44.1 Oz Additional Product FeaturesLc Classification Number Tl215.S79f67 2008 Copyright Date 2008 Target Audience Trade Lccn 2008-009018 Dewey Decimal 338.7/629220973 |