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Cars of the Fifties: Goodbye Seller's Market
Contributor(s): Sedgwick, Michael (Author)

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 ISBN: 1590844866     ISBN-13: 9781590844861
Publisher: Mason Crest Publishers
OUR PRICE: $21.80  

Binding Type: Hardcover
Published: October 2002
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Annotation: This series documents the fascinating history of the automobile between 1930 and the present day. Abundant photographs and superb drawings show the most beautiful and those that are long since forgotten--a grand tour ranging from brilliant fiasco to worldwide success. Here you can read of elegant limousines from the Thirties, discrete vehicles from the postwar period, minicars of the Fifties, and the onset of the horsepower mania. The Sixties gave us both big and small cars, wonderful sports cars, ugly and practical cars, and the ones with fins. Then came Japanese cars and, in the early Seventies, the oil crisis. This was the end for American muscle-cars, but the Eighties brought supercars that outdid anything the world had yet seen. During the Nineties, cars became ever safer, more economical, and faster. We began to navigate with the help of satellites, while the market for Multi Purpose and Sport Utility Vehicles simply exploded. All these and more developments are highlighted in this exciting volume, making it a must for every library

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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Transportation - Cars & Trucks
Dewey: 629.222
LCCN: 2004266512
Age Level: 12-17
Grade Level: 7-12
Series: World of Wheels
Physical Information: 0.56" H x 10" W x 11.7" L (1.89 lbs) 128 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1950's
Features: Ikids, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
Review Citations: Voice of Youth Advocates 06/01/2003 pg. 161
 
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Publisher Description:
Helps you learn about the birth of the modern motorcar, from the first Benz carriage to the super technical cars. This book covers the complex developments in the automobile field during the fifties, from the basic family models to top-of-the-range cars.
 
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