Terraplane

Author : Jack Womack
Publisher : Grove Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0802135625

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Terraplane by Jack Womack Pdf

Terraplane, the second novel in Jack Womack's acclaimed Ambient series, is a vision of an alternate realiy-New York, 1939, as experienced by travelers from the twenty-first century. Retired general Luther Biggerstaff and his hit man Jake are on a covert mission to kidnap Soviet superscientist Alekhine for the multinational Dryco. But Alekhine has disappeared, leaving behind a device that catapaults them headlong into the past. And this 1939 is different-F.D.R has been assassinated; the Great Depression has cut even deeper; Churchill died in a street accident; and the world is at Hitler's mercy. The only hope Luther and Jake have of getting home again depends on an unlikely conjunction of the New York World's Fair, the blues of Robert Johnson, and the avant-garde physics of Nikola Tesla. Terraplane is a surreal and darkly comic journey into the twilight zone of history gone mad.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Automobile Heritage Publishing & Co
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2024-05-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781596139527

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Automobile Quarterly:Vol-39 #1 by Anonim Pdf

Author : Charles K. Hyde
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0814334466

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Storied Independent Automakers by Charles K. Hyde Pdf

Auto historians and readers interested in business history will enjoy Storied Independent Automakers.

Author : Michael J Kollins
Publisher : SAE International
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2002-02-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781468603354

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The Small Independents by Michael J Kollins Pdf

Pioneers of the U.S. Automobile Industry uses four separate volumes to explore the essential components that helped build the American automobile industry - the people, the companies and the designs. This volume uses more than 450 photos to help weave the story of the risk-takers who helped shape the automotive industry from the very beginning. Pioneers and companies covered in this edition include: Charles and Frank Duryea Studebaker The Pratt Family and the Elcar Motor Care Company Joseph Moon Russell Gardner Louis Clarke George Pierce and Charles Clifton Packard/Joy/Macauley and the Packard Motor Car Company Edwin Thomas Ransom Olds Peerless Fred and August Duesenberg Kissel Brothers Hupp / Drake / Hastings / Young and the Hupp Motor Car Corporation Walter Flanders Chapin / Coffin / Bezner / Jackson / Hudson / McAneeny and The Hudson Motor Car Company Harry Stutz Harry Ford Graham Brothers Charles Nash

Author : Ace Atkins
Publisher : Image Comics
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2018-04-25
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781534309685

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Crossroad Blues: A Nick Travers Graphic Novel by Ace Atkins Pdf

After a New Orleans college professor goes missing while searching for the rumored lost recordings of bluesman Robert Johnson„who, as legend has it, sold his soul to the devil at a Mississippi crossroads Nick Travers is sent to find him. Clues point to everyone from an eccentric albino named Cracker to a hitman who believes he is the second coming of Elvis Presley. From the Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist turned New York Times bestselling author ACE ATKINS, and artist MARCO FINNEGAN, comes a thrilling tale of crime and mystery that brings the history of the blues and the Mississippi Delta to life on every page.

Author : Alan Naldrett
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2016-01-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781625856494

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Lost Car Companies of Detroit by Alan Naldrett Pdf

Among more than two hundred auto companies that tried their luck in the Motor City, just three remain: Ford, General Motors and Chrysler. But many of those lost to history have colorful stories worth telling. For instance, J.J. Cole forgot to put brakes in his new auto, so on the first test run, he had to drive it in circles until it ran out of gas. Brothers John and Horace Dodge often trashed saloons during wild evenings but used their great personal wealth to pay for the damage the next day (if they could remember where they had been). David D. Buick went from being the founder of his own leading auto company to working the information desk at the Detroit Board of Trade. Author Alan Naldrett explores these and more tales of automakers who ultimately failed but shaped the industry and designs putting wheels on the road today.

Author : Bryan Goodman
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2004-01-05
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 0786415401

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American Cars in Prewar England by Bryan Goodman Pdf

After World War I, there was a great hunger for cars in Britain. Many servicemen had learned to drive and had money from their demobilization grants to spend, but British factories were not immediately able to get back into car production so they looked to America for automobiles. In 1919, two out of every five cars on British roads were Fords built in England, and in 1925, General Motors took over British manufacturer Vauxhall. Hudson also became a prolific assembler during this time and Chrysler built an assembly plant in Kew, west of London. This book features numerous photographs and commentary on many makes of American cars that could be seen on British roads before the beginning of World War II. Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Chrysler, Dodge, Durant, Duryea, Essex, Ford, Hudson, Jewett, La Salle, Oldsmobile, Overland, Packard, Plymouth, Saxon, Stanley, Studebaker, Stutz and White are among the manufacturers whose cars are included. The author provides a concise description of each automobile he covers, and points out some interesting features and technical details (horsepower and engine size, for example).

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1955
Category : Automobiles
ISBN : NYPL:33433109988331

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The Hollander Manual by Anonim Pdf

Author : Norm Mort
Publisher : Veloce Publishing Ltd
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781845842338

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Anglo-American Cars by Norm Mort Pdf

Many of the American-powered British makes offered for sale were often built with everything from trials and rallies to road racing in mind. This TWTD book covers British cars powered by American engines and American cars fitted with British power plants, all built from the 1930s to 1970s.

Author : Robert Mack McCormick
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2023-04-04
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781588347374

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Biography of a Phantom by Robert Mack McCormick Pdf

The drama of In Cold Blood meets the stylings of a Coen brothers film in this long-lost manuscript from musicologist Robert “Mack” McCormick, whose research on blues icon Robert Johnson's mysterious life and death became as much of a myth as the musician himself "This is a human and humane book, an insightful exploration of the biographer’s craft. [...] McCormick’s book makes you feel what we lost when Johnson died young." —New York Times "Reads like noir fiction. It's a detective story riddled with fatalism and ambiguity carried out by someone who, like the archetypal noir hero, isn't a detective but an ordinary guy in a dismal, often violent setting searching for what can't be found." —Wall Street Journal When blues master Robert Johnson’s little-known recordings were rereleased to great fanfare in the 1960s, little was known about his life, giving rise to legends that he gained success by selling his soul to the devil. Biography of a Phantom: A Robert Johnson Blues Odyssey is musicologist Mack McCormick's all-consuming search, from the late 1960s until McCormick’s death in 2015, to uncover Johnson's life story. McCormick spent decades reconstructing Johnson's mysterious life and developing theories about his untimely death at the age of 27, but never made public his discoveries. Biography of a Phantom publishes his compelling work for the first time, including 40 unseen black-and-white photographs documenting his search. While knocking on doors and sleuthing for Johnson's loved ones and friends, McCormick documents a Mississippi landscape ravaged by the racism of paternalistic white landowners and county sheriffs. An editor's preface and afterword from Smithsonian curator John W. Troutman provides context as well as troubling details about McCormick’s own impact on Johnson’s family and illuminates through McCormick’s archive the complex legacy of white male enthusiasts assuming authority over Black people’s stories and the history of the blues. While Johnson died before achieving widespread recognition, his music took on a life of its own and inspired future generations. Biography of a Phantom, filled with lush descriptive fieldwork and photographs, is an important historical object that deepens the understanding of a stellar musician.

Author : Consumers Union of United States
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1936
Category : Commercial products
ISBN : UOM:39015081517537

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Consumers Union Reports by Consumers Union of United States Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1766 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1936
Category : Automobiles
ISBN : RUTGERS:39030032678502

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Motor by Anonim Pdf

Author : John Beineke
Publisher : Indiana Historical Society
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780871953537

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Hoosier Public Enemy by John Beineke Pdf

During the bleak days of the Great Depression, news of economic hardship often took a backseat to articles on the exploits of an outlaw from Indiana—John Dillinger. For a period of fourteen months during 1933 and 1934 Dillinger became the most famous bandit in American history, and no criminal since has matched him for his celebrity and notoriety. Dillinger won public attention not only for his robberies, but his many escapes from the law. The escapes he made from jails or “tight spots,” when it seemed law officials had him cornered, became the stuff of legends. While the public would never admit that they wanted the “bad guy” to win, many could not help but root for the man who appeared to be an underdog. Although his crime wave took place in the last century, the name Dillinger has never left the public imagination

Author : Ron Kowalke
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 1698 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2012-05-17
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781440230202

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2013 Collector Car Price Guide by Ron Kowalke Pdf

The Authority for Collector Car Pricing With 784 pages of pricing at your fingertips, 2013 Collector Car Price Guide is the ultimate resource for car hobbyists. Whether you’re looking to find a price on a blue ribbon show car, or a beater station wagon, you can find out what it’s worth, and what people are paying for it, in the most comprehensive price guide on the market.Inlcudes: • More than 250,000 accurate price listings from 1901 to 2005 • Exclusive 1 to 6 condition grading places values in all conditions, from show car to parts car • covers every mass-produced U.S. car • Domestic cars, light trucks, and select imported cars and trucks

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Automobiles
ISBN : UOM:39015048136355

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Automobile Quarterly by Anonim Pdf