Fins : Harley Earl, the rise of General Motors, and the glory days of Detroit / William Knoedelseder.

Chronicles the rise of the American auto industry through the life of Harley Earl, an innovator who introduced the art of automobile styling into the auto-making industry, revolutionizing the way cars were made and marketed.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Knoedelseder, William, 1947- (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : HarperBusiness, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2018]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Earl, Harley.
General Motors Corporation > History.
Automobile engineers > United States > Biography.
Automobile industry and trade > United States > History.
Detroit (Mich.) > Economic conditions.
Genre:
Biography.
Physical Description:308 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Pioneers
  • Hollywood and Harley
  • The competitors
  • The Cadillac Kid
  • Battleground Detroit
  • Assembly lines to breadlines
  • A man of style and "statue"
  • "What will I tell Mr. Sloan?"
  • Helping make Germany great again
  • "I wouldn't buy that sonofabitch"
  • Detroit's war
  • The birth of fins
  • Designing the future
  • The great American sports car race
  • The hot one
  • Glory days
  • Insurrection
  • Not fade away.