Colonel Albert Pope and His American Dream Machines

The Life and Times of a Bicycle Tycoon Turned Automotive Pioneer

Stephen B. Goddard (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

272 Seiten

2000
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-0921-1 (ISBN)

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A little over a century ago in Hartford, Connecticut, Colonel Albert A. Pope was hailed as a leading automaker in the United States. That his name is not a household word today is the very essence of his story. Students of American business history will know of Pope, but this work also includes Pope's account of his Civil War service at Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Vicksburg and explores in detail his entrepreneurial ventures. Pope's company was the world's largest manufacturer of bicycles (under the Columbia label) in the late 1800s. His production methods pointed the way for the building of automobiles through lightweight metals, rubber tires, precision machining, interchangeability of parts, and vertical integration. The founder of the Good Roads Movement, Pope entered automobile manufacturing while steam, electricity, and gasoline power were still vying for supremacy. The story of his failed dream of dominating U.S. automobile production is an engrossing view into America's industrial history.

Stephen B. Goddard practices law and teaches history and public policy at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. The author of three books, he also writes for HistoryWire.com.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.3.2001
Zusatzinfo	illustrations
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
	Technik ► Fahrzeugbau / Schiffbau
ISBN-10	0-7864-0921-5 / 0786409215
ISBN-13	978-0-7864-0921-1 / 9780786409211
Zustand	Neuware