Preston Tucker and his battle to build the car of tomorrow
Record details
- ISBN: 9781613749531 (hardback)
- ISBN: 1613749538 (hardback)
- ISBN: 9781613749562 (epub edition)
- ISBN: 9781613749555 (kindle edition)
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Physical Description:
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xi, 260 pages :L illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm - Publisher: Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, [2016]
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-254) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | An early morning car crash -- Preston Thomas Tucker -- Harry Miller -- The Tucker combat car -- Andrew Higgins -- Tucker's automobile plans -- The PIC article -- The Tucker Corporation -- Tucker acquires a plant -- Before the stock offering -- The tin goose -- Getting ready -- The tin goose unveiled -- The stock offering -- Post-tin goose -- Gearing up for production -- The first car off the assembly line: #100! -- The accessories program -- The end of the dream -- Bankruptcy -- The SEC report -- The grand jury -- Collier's and Reader's digest -- The trial -- The civil suits -- Preston Tucker speaks out -- Joseph Turnbull testifies again -- The last days of Preston Tucker -- The movie -- After -- The Tucker legacy -- The fleet of Tucker '48 sedans. |
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Subject: | Tucker, Preston 1903-1956 Tucker automobile History Experimental automobiles United States History 20th century Automobile industry and trade United States History 20th century |
Genre: | Biographies. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | HD 9710 .U5 T83 2016 | 30775305519440 | General Collection | Available | - |
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