{"product_id":"car-crazy-g-wayne-miller-9781610395519","title":"Car Crazy: The Battle for Supremacy Between Ford and Olds and the Dawn of the Automobile Age","description":"Before the \"Big Three,\" even before the Model T, the race for dominance in the American car market was fierce, fast, and sometimes farcical. \u003ci\u003eCar Crazy\u003c\/i\u003e takes readers back to the passionate and reckless years of the early automobile era, from 1893, when the first US-built auto was introduced, through 1908, when General Motors was founded and Ford's Model T went on the market. The motorcar was new, paved roads few, and devotees of this exciting and unregulated technology battled with citizens who considered the car a dangerous scourge, wrought by the wealthy, that was shattering a more peaceful way of life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Among the pioneering competitors were Ransom E. Olds, founder of Olds Motor Works and creator of a new company called REO; Olds' cutthroat new CEO Frederic L. Smith; William C. \"Billy\" Durant of Buick Motor Company (and soon General Motors); and inventor Henry Ford. They shared a passion for innovation, both mechanical and entrepreneurial, but their maniacal pursuit of market share would also involve legal manipulation, vicious smear campaigns, and zany publicity stunts -- including a wild transcontinental car race that transfixed the public. Their war on wheels ultimately culminated in a courtroom battle that would shape the American car industry forever. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Based on extensive original research, \u003ci\u003eCar Crazy\u003c\/i\u003e is a page-turning story of popular culture, business, and sport at the dawn of the twentieth century, filled with compelling, larger-than-life characters, each an American original.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e G. Wayne Miller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1610395514\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781610395519\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e PublicAffairs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/03\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.30w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2015 pg. 95\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2016","brand":"G. Wayne Miller","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48088642191615,"sku":"9781610395519","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d8eef011-1458-444e-a1f0-de80eb7ee9fc.jpg?v=1769105875","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/car-crazy-g-wayne-miller-9781610395519","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}