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Fins : Harley Earl, the rise of General Motors, and the glory days of Detroit
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Chronicles the rise of the American auto industry through the life of Harley Earl, an innovator who introduced the art of automobile styling into the auto-making industry, revolutionizing the way c...
Chronicles the rise of the American auto industry through the life of Harley Earl, an innovator who introduced the art of automobile styling into the auto-making industry, revolutionizing the way cars were made and marketed.
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- Creator
- William Knoedelseder
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- First HarperBusiness paperback edition
- New York, NY : HarperBusiness, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2019
- ©2018
- Physical Details
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- 308 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
- ISBNs
- 006228908X, 9780062289087
- OCLC
- on1096293494
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Pioneers -- Hollywood and Harley -- The competitors -- The Cadillac Kid -- Battleground Detroit -- Assembly lines to breadlines -- A man of style and "statue" -- "What will I tell Mr. Sloan?" -- Helping make Germany great again -- "I wouldn't buy that sonofabitch" -- Detroit's war -- The birth of fins -- Designing the future -- The great American sports car race -- The hot one -- Glory days -- Insurrection -- Not fade away