THE FALL OF THE PACKARD.MOTOR CAR COMPANY

THE FALL OF THE PACKARD.MOTOR CAR COMPANY

JAMES A. WARD

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5181
Idioma:
INGLES
Editorial:
INDEFINIDA
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Packard
ISBN:
978-0-8047-2457-9
Páginas:
300
Encuadernación:
PORTADA DURA CON CARATULA
Medidas:
260 mm x 185 mm
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Introduction Why Packard?
Ascent of the Marque
Episcopalian Cars for Methodists
The Dogs of War
A roubled Packard
The Ferry Years
Hail to the Chief
God Save the King - and Packard!
Rapidly Approaching Bankruptey
The Shotgun Wedding
Slow off the Line
Life or Death for Packard in 1955
The "Sitting Duck"
Seeking a "Safe Harbor"
"Love without Marriage"
"Ask the Man Who Owned One"
Epilogue: The Autopsy
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Told for the first time this is the complete story of the puzzling decline and fall—in the midst of a huge automotive boom—of one of America’s most prestigious automobile manufacturers

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