LEADER 00000nim a22005055a 4500 003 MWT 005 20191125091559.0 006 m o h 007 sz zunnnnnuned 007 cr nnannnuuuua 008 190920s2018 xxunnn es i n eng d 020 9780062564146 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 020 0062564145 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 029 https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ hpc_9780062564146_180.jpeg 028 42 MWT12178088 037 12178088|bMidwest Tape, LLC|nhttp://www.midwesttapes.com 040 Midwest|erda 082 04 629.2092|aB|223 099 eAudiobook hoopla 099 eAudiobook hoopla 100 1 Knoedelseder, William,|d1947-|eauthor. 245 10 Fins :|bHarley Earl, the rise of General Motors, and the glory days of Detroit|h[Hoopla electronic resource] / |cWilliam Knoedelseder. 246 30 Harley Earl, the rise of General Motors, and the glory days of Detroit 250 Unabridged. 264 1 [United States] :|bHarperAudio,|c2018. 264 2 |bMade available through hoopla 300 1 online resource (1 audio file (9hr., 03 min.)) : |bdigital. 336 spoken word|bspw|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 344 digital|hdigital recording|2rda 347 data file|2rda 506 Digital content provided by hoopla. 511 0 Read by Peter Berkrot. 520 The New York Times bestselling author of Bitter Brew chronicles the birth and rise to greatness of the American auto industry through the remarkable life of Harley Earl, an eccentric six-foot-five, stuttering visionary who dropped out of college and went on to invent the profession of automobile styling, thereby revolutionized the way cars were made, marketed, and even imagined. Harleys Earl's story qualifies as a bona fide American family saga. It began in the Michigan pine forest in the years after the Civil War, traveled across the Great Plains on the wooden wheels of a covered wagon, and eventually settled in a dirt road village named Hollywood, California, where young Harley took the skills he learned working in his father's carriage shop and applied them to designing sleek, racy-looking automobile bodies for the fast crowd in the burgeoning silent movie business. As the 1920s roared with the sound of mass manufacturing, Harley returned to Michigan, where, at GM's invitation, he introduced art into the rigid mechanics of auto-making. Over the next thirty years, he functioned as a kind of combination Steve Jobs and Tom Ford of his time, redefining the form and function of the country's premier product. His impact was profound. When he retired as GM's VP of Styling in 1958, Detroit reigned as the manufacturing capitol of the world and General Motors ranked as the most successful company in the history of business. Knoedelseder tells the story in ways both large and small, weaving the history of the company with the history of Detroit and the Earl family as Fins examines the effect of the automobile on America's economy, culture, and national psyche. 538 Mode of access: World Wide Web. 600 10 Earl, Harley. 610 20 General Motors Corporation|xHistory. 650 0 Automobile engineers|zUnited States|vBiography. 650 0 Automobile industry and trade|zUnited States|xHistory. 651 0 Detroit (Mich.)|xEconomic conditions. 700 1 Berkrot, Peter,|enarrator. 710 2 hoopla digital. 856 40 |uhttps://www.hoopladigital.com/title/ 12178088?utm_source=MARC|zInstantly available on hoopla. 856 42 |zCover image|uhttps://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ hpc_9780062564146_180.jpeg