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Driving to Detroit : An Automotive Odyssey
Driving to Detroit An Automotive Odyssey
Author: Lesley Hazleton
Leaving her home in Seattle in midsummer to drive "the long way round" to the Detroit auto show, Lesley Hazleton embarks on a five-month journey to visit the holy places for cars -- where they are raced, displayed, crashed, tested, and made -- as she seeks to understand our deep fascination with automobiles. Her quest takes her on a road trip th...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780684839875
ISBN-10: 0684839873
Publication Date: 10/2/1998
Pages: 320
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Publisher: Free Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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I picked this up from my son's bookshelf, not expecting to find it interesting at all. Surprisingly, I quickly became enthralled with Hazleton's account of the world of automobiles. Manufacturing, racing, collecting-she introduces many facets of the automobile culture in a writing style that engages even the least "mechanical" reader.


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