Haynes-Apperson and America's First Practical Automobile: A History

by W.C. Madden

Book Overview

While Elwood Haynes and the Apperson brothers are not as well known as Henry Ford, Ransom Olds and other famous automobile manufacturers, their contributions to the automotive industry are just as significant. They were responsible for one of the first functioning automobiles, if not the first, in the United States.

After building their automobile in 1894, the three men formed the Haynes-Apperson Automobile Company in Kokomo, Indiana, one...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786426756
• ISBN13: 9780786426751
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 237 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.0" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher