Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-427) and index.
Motoring unspoken -- From whence a president -- How dare they? -- The captain and the cars -- Two cars for a tariff -- Peace at last -- The people's house v. the motor age -- The senate of a great country! -- Steam, gasoline and new stable boys -- That new car smell and a lady's choice (or just a precocious wife?) -- Portents -- Motoring manifest -- Tariff soup -- Taft's coup -- An open house (harmony applied) -- Civilizing the savage : motors, roads and a little question of money -- A summer scorching -- 13,000 miles on the road to Winona -- Road blocks -- Taft settles it -- The moody blues : Taft triumphant and a Democratic November -- All upside down -- Automaniacs -- Progressively unhappy and a happy discontent -- The third rail and the cowcatcher -- Outed -- "With a heart full of love and gratitude" -- Outrage denied -- Behind the roar : Taft's quiet game -- Motoring into the sunset -- The automobile triumphant -- "Whatever we have thought of you, we love you"