Billy Durant: Creator of General Motors

Autorentext

Lawrence R. Gustin was a writer and editor for twenty-three years at the Flint (Mich.) Journal. In 1973 he wrote the first edition of Billy Durant, which won the McKean Memorial Cup for historical research from the Antique Automobile Club of America. In 2006, he authored David Buick's Marvelous Motor Car, the first biography of the founder of the Buick automobile. He lives in Michigan's Oakland County.

Klappentext

A new edition of the classic book on the flamboyant genius who helped lead America into the automobile age

Zusammenfassung
How did Billy Durant come to exercise so broad an influence in the emerging auto industry? And why has he been virtually forgotten for decades? This title provides material in the form of autobiographical notes, letters, and Durant's personal papers.