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Search - Driving to Detroit : An Automotive Odyssey
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Driving to Detroit An Automotive Odyssey Author: Leaving her home in Seattle in midsummer to drive "the long way round" to the Detroit auto show, Lesley Hazleton embarks on a five-month journey to visit the holy places for cars -- where they are raced, displayed, crashed, tested, and made -- as she seeks to understand our deep fascination with automobiles. Her quest takes her on a road trip th... more »
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I picked this up from my son's bookshelf, not expecting to find it interesting at all. Surprisingly, I quickly became enthralled with Hazleton's account of the world of automobiles. Manufacturing, racing, collecting-she introduces many facets of the automobile culture in a writing style that engages even the least "mechanical" reader.
Genres:
- Biographies & Memoirs >> General
- Travel >> Reference & Tips >> Essays & Travelogues
- Travel >> United States >> States >> Michigan >> Detroit
- Nonfiction >> Social Sciences >> General
- Nonfiction >> Automotive >> General