Colonel Albert Pope and His American Dream Machines: The Life and Times of a Bicycle Tycoon Turned Automotive Pioneer
Author:   Stephen B. Goddard
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN:  

9780786440894


Pages:   263
Publication Date:   13 January 2009
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Stephen B. Goddard
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.358kg
ISBN:  

9780786440894


ISBN 10:   0786440899
Pages:   263
Publication Date:   13 January 2009
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments      Preface      1. The Watershed      2. Lumbering Is What Popes Do      3. A Bloody Crucible      4. He Casts His Lot      5. Wheels for All      6. Milking the Market      7. Indispensable Roads      8. The Wunderkind      9. A Patented Formula      10. Like a Dog with a Bone      11. Triumphant Return      12. Parting      13. Leaving His Mark      Epilogue      Appendix 1: The Ford Enigma      Appendix 2: Pope Manufacturing Company Corporate Genealogy      Bibliography      Index     

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a wonderful job...fascinating bits of history...a valuable index and thorough bibliography. An important edition --<i>Choice</i>; detailed...lots of history is revealed in an interesting and enlightening manner --<i>Old Cars Weekly</i>; [a] lively biography --<i>SciTech Book News.</i>


A wonderful job...fascinating bits of history...a valuable index and thorough bibliography. An important edition -- Choice Choice


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Stephen B. Goddard practices law and teaches history and public policy at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. The author of three books, he also writes for HistoryWire.com.

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