The American Automobile

252 pp. The American Automobile relives what Mr. Stein calls "that wonderful era when many American cars were still built with care and precision, and were still designed by men who put the stamp on their own genius on the rich variety of their machines." In the author's opinion, 22 marques deserve this description, plus electric cars and steamers--most of which Mr. Stein has personally driven or ridden, and all of which he has photographed in exemplary taste and style.