Men, Money, & Motors

The Drama of the Automobile

Theodore Francis MacManus and Norman Beasley write about the first 30 years of the automobile industry in their book Men, Money & Motors - The Drama of the Automobile. The book is about the men who pioneer the industry. MacManus describes these pioneers and the business in his introduction through the following quote:

"There was a rugged picturesqueness to those pursuers of fame

and fortunes. They had about them something of the tang and flavor

of piracy. The stuff from which men are made heroic

was not altogether lacking in them. Big things were done and

the doers became big in the doing. "

Theodore Francis MacManus