Description |
1 electronic text (vii, 243 pages) : illustrations, digital file |
Series |
Society of Automotive Engineers. Electronic publications |
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Society of Automotive Engineers.
Electronic publications
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Contents |
1. What or Who's on First -- 2. Growing Up on an Illinois Farm, 1869-1889 -- 3. The Young Machinist, 1889-1891 -- 4. Planning the First Duryea Car, 1891-1892 -- 5. Completing the First Duryea Car, 1893-1894 -- 6. A New Car and a New Company -- 7. The Chicago Times-Herald Motorcycle Race, 1895 -- 8. Other Early Automobile Races and Contests -- 9. The Birth of the American Automobile Industry: The Duryea Motor Wagon Company, 1896-1898 -- 10. Charles Duryea and His Unusual Vehicles -- 11. The Stevens-Duryea Company, 1902-1927 -- 12. The Charles-Frank Controversy |
Summary |
Charles E. and J. Frank Duryea, two brothers from rural Illinois, were the founders of the American automobile industry. The Duryea Motor Wagon company was the first company organized in the United States for the manufacture of automobiles. The attention-getting, older brother Charles demanded - and to date has received - the principal credit for these pioneering accomplishments. A bitter family feud between the brothers, which was even carried on by their families after their deaths, further muddied the question about the individual brothers' contributions |
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More than an account of the struggle for precedence between brothers, however, Carriages Without Horses tells the story of America's first automobile company taking shape. Scharchburg covers the design and development of the first Duryea car, culminating with its successful operation on the streets of Springfield, Massachusetts on September 21, 1893. This book also covers: the landmark Chicago Times-Herald race of 1895, won by the Duryea car built and driven by J. Frank; the subsequent progress of the Duryea Motor Wagon Company; and, after the brothers went their separate ways, J. Frank's 1901 founding of the Stevens-Duryea Company |
Notes |
Title from PDF title page (SAE Web site, 08/03/2012) |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
Notes |
Also available in print |
Subject |
Duryea, J. Frank (James Frank), 1869-1967.
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Duryea, Charles E., 1861-1938.
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SUBJECT |
Duryea, Charles E., 1861-1938 fast |
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Duryea, J. Frank (James Frank), 1869-1967 fast |
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Stevens-Duryea Company -- History
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SUBJECT |
Stevens-Duryea Company fast |
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Automobile engineers -- Biography
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Duryea automobile -- History
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Automobile industry and trade -- United States
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology.
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TRANSPORTATION / Automotive / History.
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Automobile engineers
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Automobile industry and trade
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Duryea automobile
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United States
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Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780768035698 |
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0768035694 |
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