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David Buick's Marvelous Motorcar: The Men and the Automobile That Launched General Motors | 
 enlarge | Author: Lawrence R. Gustin
Publisher: Wayne State Univ Pr
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 849537
Media: Hardcover
Edition: First
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 232
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 6.3 x 1.1
ISBN: 0978626907
Dewey Decimal Number: 629
EAN: 9780978626907
ASIN: 0978626907
Publication Date: June 30, 2006
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Product Description
The first biography of David Dunbar Buick - who gave his name to the Buick automobile that became the foundation for General Motors - is being acclaimed as a significant contribution to automotive history. It was written by award-winning auto historian and journalist Lawrence R. Gustin, who was the first biographer of GM founder William C. Durant and who has studied Buick heritage for 40 years.The book "fills a gaping hole in automotive history," said David L. Lewis, a University of Michigan business professor and author of a Henry Ford biography. He said the book was "meticulously researched" and yet is written "in a popular style that's difficult to put down." Charles K. Hyde, professor of history at Wayne State University and author a recent book on the Dodge brothers, said the David Buick biography "is a 'must read' for anyone interested in the early history of Buick, General Motors and Flint, Mich." Don Sherman, technical editor of Automobile magazine, noted that Gustin, besides being a Buick authority, is also "an entertaining story teller and accomplished wordsmith." The New York Times said Gustin "has produced a good, succinct history of the early days of one of America's great mainstream automobiles, and the men responsible for it." Hemmings Classic Car said, When it comes to writing Buick history, Larry Gustin is one of the luminaries... Gustin wrote the first, and still the best, biography of Billy Durant and followed it up by co-authoring a history of Buick that's now in its sixth edition...it's an energizing read." The book won a silver medal in the 2006 International Automotive Media Competition.80 black-and-white photos and other illustrations and a 16-page color section.
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