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Author: Maurice D. Hendry, Hardbound, 416 Pages, ISBN: B01A1MHTAA - First Edition - Second Printing -**Second-Hand book in excellent condition !**
To three out of every four Americans the Cadillac is more than a luxurious motorcar. It is the ultimate symbol of success, the hallmark of prestige, the outward manifestation of the ability to , possess and enjoy all that is best. The preeminent regard in which this car is held stems directly from the character of the car itself and of the men who created it.
Never before has the Cadillac automobile been so comprehensively examined as in this definitive history of the car that set the "Standard of the World." And never before has there been a volume that so lavishly presents between two covers the pictorial documentation of that history—more than five hundred photographs including a portfolio of seventy-three cars in magnificent color.
AUTOMOBILE Quarterly contributing editor Maurice D. Hendry weaves the fabric of the Cadillac's history through twelve fascinating chapters: Henry Martyn Leland and his early years in precision manufacture; his entrance into a company that would bear the name Cadillac; the single-cylinder car that would demonstrate the practicability of standardization of parts and win for Cadillac the Dewar Trophy; the introduction of the Thirty; a behind-the-scenes look at Cadillac's joining General Motors; the development of the self-starter and again the Dewar Trophy; Cadillac's first V-8 engine; production for World War I; postwar reorganization; the Cadillac in service in the sands of the Middle East and cross-country in the United States; the V-16 and V-12 engines and the fabulous Cadillacs of the classic era; developments of the thirties and Cadillac's military production; the postwar era with Cadillac's high compression ohv V-8 and the irrepressible tailfin; the limited edition Eldorado and the Eldorado Brougham: the De Ville, Calais and front wheel drive Eldorado.
Cadillac has packed a lot into its seventy years—nothing is missed here. And the narrative, is spiced by reminiscences of those who were there when it happened, those who made it happen.
This big book, also presents an illuminating (and gorgeous) pictorial album of Cadillacs in the classic years, with commentary by Dave Holls; a special illustrated supplement on the history of LaSalle by Jeffrey .1. Godshall; a study of Cadillac heraldry researched by Harry Pulfer and illustrated by Joe Trainor: a table researched by William R. Tite delineating the complete Cadillac production record, and, for the enthusiast's ready reference, there is a digest of specifications for all Cadillac motorcars from 1903 to date.
For decades the Cadillac automobile has been. deserving of a full-scale luxurious presentation of its history. This is the book that provides it.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Maurice D. Hendry was born in 1929—"just one month," he states; "before the Cadillac V-16." Passionately interested in automobiles since boyhood, he has made researching their history and writing about great marques an avocation which has earned him high rank among automotive historians. He is assuredly as well the most prolific writer on the subject in his native New Zealand. Long absorbed in the history of the American automobile in particular, he has written many articles and books on the various marques and men who have made motoring history in the United States.
His work has been published in four countries, and he has been a contributing editor to AUTOMOBILE Quarterly since 1967. He prizes his memberships in a variety of vintage and classic car clubs in both Arrierica and New Zealand—among them, of course, the Cadillac-LaSalle Club.
ABOUT AUTOMOBILE Quarterly
First published in 1962,AuTomonILE Quarterly magazine has since become recognized as the finest automotive magazine in the world. Winner of awards in virtually every area of publishing, this beautiful, hardbound publication has set entirely new standards in automotive scholarship, photography, graphics and printing.
This volume is the second in the AUTOMOBILE Quarterly Library Series, a new collection of books devoted to the history of the automobile and produced by the same talented New York staff who create AUTOMOBILE Quarterly. The premier volume, The American Car Since 1775, a complete survey of the automobile in America, was published in 1971. A third book, Corvette: America's Star-Spangled Sports Car, will soon be published.
