A guide to Indiana automotive history, the book Cruise IN is dedicated to sharing a look at Indiana history, Indiana events, and Indiana built automobiles.

Tilt steering, cruise control, and hydraulic brakes are a few examples of Hoosier contributions to the automobile's development.

Other historical benchmarks are recorded in the annals of more than 40 Indiana communities that have birthed the manufacturing or assembling of automobiles within their city borders.

Indiana once rivaled Michigan for recognition as the country's automotive titan.

Today, Indiana's rich automotive history and current accomplishments are scattered throughout the state in museums, libraries, historical markers, and remnants of manufacturing plants that beckon automobile devotees.

The book offers

• fascinating facts of Indiana's auto history and present, including a look at the people behind the wheel
• a description of both major auto attractions and little-known sites
• a calendar of auto-related Indiana events
• milestones in Indiana automotive history
• a list of Indiana built automobiles

Dennis E. Horvath has been an avid collector of automobile facts and memorabilia for more than 30 years. Terri Horvath has worked as a writer for more than 20 years.

Cruise IN: A guide to Indiana's automotive past and present
by Dennis E. Horvath and Terri Horvath
Publishing Resources
ISBN 0-9644364-2-6
128 pages, $16.95