The Doble Steam Car

Description

This fine book was awarded the 2020 prestigious Cugnot Award by the Society of Automotive Historians.

Not just a car history or a memoir, this is a sweeping presentation. An entire era and its unique individuals come clearly through. The author lived his entire adult life around these people, their associates, with the cars and their owners. Fortunately he was a great story teller and insisted on bringing it broadly into the present for us. Crank has also found astonishingly rare materials to add to his story.

The book includes all makes to compile a complete history of early steam cars. It also inlcludes the individual history of each Doble.  Even if you are never lucky enough to drive a Doble or even ride in one, you will gain an appreciation of the Dobles, their vision and their impossible task of developing these magnificent steam cars.