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Book Review – books with an Indiana automotive history connection
or featuring a broad automotive context.

Over the course of researching two books Cruise IN: A guide to Indiana's automotive past and present, and Indiana Cars: A History of the Automobile in Indiana, I read numerous books related to automotive history.

The Book Review section is my attempt to share reviews of current and other auto-related books. Most of the books have an Indiana automotive history connection or feature a broad automotive context.

Learning about the people involved in creating Indiana’s early automotive history provides a glimpse into automaking across America. Some of the auto pioneers, like Carl G. Fisher, provided a heritage that we continue to enjoy today. Following these threads have provided me many hours of enjoyment.

I invite you to follow the Amazon.com book link on each selection to find your own copy. Many of the current editions may be available at your local library or at a research library. Some of the older versions are possibly available at Internet antiquarian bookshops.

So, kick off your shoes, or just kick back, and explore the many interesting stories included in the books on this virtual bookshelf.

Features:

Eat My Dust: Early Women Motorists

Images of America: The Lincoln Highway Across Indiana

The Lincoln Highway: coast to coast from Times Square to the Golden Gate

The Business of Speed: the Hot Rod Industry in America, 1915-1990

Raymond Loewy: Never Leave Well Enough Alone

Rolling Sculpture: A Designer and His Work

Virgil Exner: Visioneer: The official biography of Virgil M. Exner, designer extraordinaire

Crosley: Two Brothers and a Business Empire that Transformed the Nation

The Lexington Automobile: A Complete History

Standard Catalog of American Cars 1805-1942

Elcar and Pratt Automobiles: The Complete History

More Than They Promised: The Studebaker Story

Castles in the Sand: The Life and Times of Carl Graham Fisher

The Franklin Automobile Company

The Lincoln Highway: Main Street across America

The Graham Legacy: Graham-Paige to 1932

The Splendid Stutz: The Cars, Companies, People and Races

Wheels In Motion: The American Automobile Industry's First Century

Guts: The seven laws of business that made Chrysler the world's hottest car company

A Century of Automotive Style

Master of Precision: Henry M. Leland

The Diesel Odyssey of Clessie Cummins

The Pacesetter: The untold story of Carl G. Fisher