My Life With Cars

Author : John L. Lumley
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 078648117X
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Still Life with Cars written by John L. Lumley and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2010-06-28 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most childhood fascinations are a passing fancy, but something about cars tends to capture the imagination forever. Witness the countless backyard weed-wrapped classics, rusted just shy of a shadow, slated one day for a return to glory; cloudy vacation memories of choking exhaust, deafening engines and blinding chrome; countless white-knuckled highway moments as the driver faces backwards to better glimpse some passing oddity spotted four lanes over. Somehow, cars have a way of getting into a kid's blood. Any chronic condition requires a lifetime of maintenance. John Lumley caught the fever early--likely from a midnight blue Hudson--and it's been with him ever since. This engaging memoir follows a life spent nursing an obsession with cars, fitting for a son of Detroit's heyday. With occasional play in the garage of the Ford estate and an excursion to see Buckminster Fuller's three-wheeled Dymaxion among his earliest memories, John Lumley's enduring love of cars is no surprise. From those childhood adventures followed a lifetime spent elbow-deep in engines--Nash, Hupmobile, Mercury, Citroen, Triumph, Volkswagen, Lagonda, Armstrong-Siddeley, Bentley and more, many of them pictured. Though his career was devoted to loftier pursuits, the grease beneath his nails perhaps best sums up Lumley's lifelong love. Fifty-eight photographs and an index accompany the text.

Author : Walter Owen Bentley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book My Life and My Cars written by Walter Owen Bentley and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : James Andrew Murray
Publisher : Transit Lounge
ISBN 13 : 0980461685
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book My Life in the Sea of Cars written by James Andrew Murray and published by Transit Lounge. This book was released on 2009 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James Murray recounts nine days spent in the remote and beautiful landscapes of the Northern Territory, yet this is much more than a book about bushwalking. A delicate hymn to the wilderness of Northern Australia, My Life in the Sea of Cars: A Letter from Arnhem Land is a journey of personal exploration and self discovery, and a passionate argument for a new way of living. The ways in which rampant consumerism, and an obsession with the motor car have become so entrenched in people's lives is explored through relationships, memory, culture, identity and the meditative act of walking. When Murray candidly reveals his own family secrets and likely ancestry his book takes on yet another dimension. Totally original, and heartbreakingly honest, Murray asks us the difficult, awkward questions that will not go away. Where has our culture gone so wrong?

Author : Scott J. Harden
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1524587737
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Of Bullets, Bombs, and Armored Cars, My Life Adventures written by Scott J. Harden and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2017-03-13 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an easy reading biography of the amazing life of Scott J. Harden and how he survived being shot at as a child because his mother was one of the first female union presidents, and again later in life in a second attempt against him by a mad woman. It tells of his living in the forest in a Girl Scout camp as a child, then later living with people like the president of a European country, then becoming a merchant marine officer sailing in the oceans, dropping bombs from helicopters on secret targets, and helping the communist empire to fall. All these are part of his biography and life. He also built the first US satellites that went into space, and he secretly put his autographs inside so they would be there two thousand years later for someone to see and wonder about when the first US spacecraft will finally fall to Earth.

Author : Iain M.MacLeod
Publisher : Janet Angelo
ISBN 13 : 1946824704
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wheels Galore!: Adaptive cars, Wheelchairs, and a Vibrant Daily Life with Cerebral Palsy written by Iain M.MacLeod and published by Janet Angelo. This book was released on 2022-08-16 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through his unique blend of Scottish good humour, real-life experience, and funny stories of mishaps and misadventures, Iain M. MacLeod draws the reader into his vibrant life from childhood to the present, a life not defined by Cerebral Palsy, which he has had since the age of three. Racing from one adventure to the next on wheels galore, from his tricycle as a small child to his first wheelchair and first car, and many more adapted cars after that, Iain has travelled throughout his native Scotland as well as to America and Europe, all with the desire to go as fast as possible and accomplish everything he can.

Author : Walter Owen Bentley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book My Life with Cars written by Walter Owen Bentley and published by . This book was released on 2024-02-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cars in My Life, first published in 1963, was authored by car manufacturer Walter Owen ("W. O.") Bentley (1888-1971). Considered by many to be Britain's most distinguished car designer, he founded Bentley Motors in 1919, and led the marque to multiple victories at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. After selling his namesake company to Rolls-Royce Limited in 1931, he was employed as a designer for Lagonda, Aston Martin, and Armstrong Siddeley. Bentley was especially noted for his designs of high performance motors, such as the 3 liter Bentley and V12 Lagonda. As Bentley writes: "The Cars in My Life is a book of theories and opinions, a hotch-potch of ideas on motor cars, motoring and the motor industry. I also say something about the cars I have known, some of the cars for which I have been responsible, and even some of the cars which never came to anything. Stirred into the stew as spice, are a few theories on the principle of motor car design and something about the people I have known in the world of motoring."

Author : Donald Keene
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231513488
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chronicles of My Life written by Donald Keene and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2008-05-19 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Few memoirs have the concision, modesty, and charm that mark this late-life work by . . . America’s most renowned scholar and interpreter of Japan.”—Foreword Reviews In this eloquent and wholly absorbing memoir, the renowned scholar Donald Keene shares more than half a century of his extraordinary adventures as a student of Japan. Keene begins with an account of his bittersweet childhood in New York; then he describes his initial encounters with Asia and Europe and the way in which World War II complicated that experience. He captures the sights, scents, and sounds of Japan as they first enveloped him, and talks of the unique travels and well-known intellectuals who later shaped the contours of his academic career. Keene traces the movement of his passions with delicacy and subtlety, deftly weaving his love for Japan into a larger narrative about identity and home and the circumstances that led a Westerner to find solace in a country on the opposite side of the world. Chronicles of My Life is not only a fascinating tale of two cultures colliding, but also a thrilling account of the emotions and experiences that connect us all, regardless of our individual origins. “Lovingly illustrated by the artist Akira Yamaguchi, the book limns a life inseparably linked to its dominant passion . . . The history is fascinating, and the literary life Keene has doggedly carved out of it, remarkable.”—Time, Asia Edition “Keene’s book soars, largely because of his intriguing, highly personal account of the literary milieu of Japan, particularly its drama, whether on stage or screen . . . [An] engaging and eloquent memoir.”—Times Literary Supplement

Author : Charles Knepper
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781387418985
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book My Life With Cars written by Charles Knepper and published by . This book was released on 2022-12-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author describes his life as a self identified 'gear head'. He's raced sports cars, rallied them, worked with the International Motor Sport Association (IMSA), and taught Drivers Education. Starting with the earliest days before he had his drivers license to present day, he describes the odd, unique, interesting, and exotic cars he's owned and driven.

Author : William A. Levinson
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1466557729
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Expanded and Annotated My Life and Work written by William A. Levinson and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2013-04-18 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Henry Ford's industrial innovations were directly responsible for the transformation of the United States into the most productive, affluent, and powerful nation on Earth. My Life and Work describes exactly how Ford did this in terms of not only manufacturing science, but also economics and organizational behavior. This holistic approach, and its v

Author : Henry Ford
Publisher : Binker North
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book My Life and Work written by Henry Ford and published by Binker North. This book was released on 1922 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My Life and Work is a classic autobiography of the great American business mogul, Henry Ford. Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 - April 7, 1947) was an American industrialist, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, and sponsor of the development of the assembly line technique of mass production. Although Ford did not invent the automobile or the assembly line, he developed and manufactured the first automobile that many middle class Americans could afford. This is his story in his own words. Although Ford did not invent the automobile or the assembly line, [1] he developed and manufactured the first automobile that many middle-class Americans could afford. In doing so, Ford converted the automobile from an expensive curiosity into a practical conveyance that would profoundly impact the landscape of the 20th century. His introduction of the Model T automobile revolutionized transportation and American industry. As the owner of the Ford Motor Company, he became one of the richest and best-known people in the world. He is credited with "Fordism" mass production of inexpensive goods coupled with high wages for workers. Ford had a global vision, with consumerism as the key to peace. His intense commitment to systematically lowering costs resulted in many technical and business innovations, including a franchise system that put dealerships throughout most of North America and in major cities on six continents. Ford left most of his vast wealth to the Ford Foundation and arranged for his family to control the company permanently. Ford was also widely known for his pacifism during the first years of World War I, and for promoting antisemitic content, including The Protocols of the Elders of Zion through his newspaper The Dearborn Independent and the book The International Jew. Henry Ford was born July 30, 1863, on a farm in Greenfield Township, Michigan.[2] His father, William Ford (1826-1905), was born in County Cork, Ireland, to a family that was originally from Somerset, England.[3] His mother, Mary Ford (née Litogot; 1839-1876), was born in Michigan as the youngest child of Belgian immigrants; her parents died when she was a child and she was adopted by neighbors, the O'Herns. Henry Ford's siblings were Margaret Ford (1867-1938); Jane Ford (c. 1868-1945); William Ford (1871-1917) and Robert Ford (1873-1934). His father gave him a pocket watch in his early teens. At 15, Ford dismantled and reassembled the timepieces of friends and neighbors dozens of times, gaining the reputation of a watch repairman.[4] At twenty, Ford walked four miles to their Episcopal church every Sunday.[5] Ford was devastated when his mother died in 1876. His father expected him to eventually take over the family farm, but he despised farm work. He later wrote, "I never had any particular love for the farm--it was the mother on the farm I loved."[6] In 1879, Ford left home to work as an apprentice machinist in Detroit, first with James F. Flower & Bros., and later with the Detroit Dry Dock Co. In 1882, he returned to Dearborn to work on the family farm, where he became adept at operating the Westinghouse portable steam engine. He was later hired by Westinghouse to service their steam engines. During this period Ford also studied bookkeeping at Goldsmith, Bryant & Stratton Business College in Detroit.