Billy Durant: Creator of General Motors
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| Rating | : | 4.76 (548 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0472033026 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-04-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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The result is the amazing account of the mastermind behind what would become, as the twentieth century progressed, the world's largest company.. Gustin also interviewed two of Durant's personal secretaries and others who had known and worked with the man who created General Motors. Praise for the first edition:"A fascinating book and a sympathetic look at the man who glued General Motors together and in the process made Flint one of the great industrial centers of America."---Detroit Free Press"It is r
Billy Durant Lance Haynes This is another good book on my hero Mr. William C. Durant the creator of GM. Mr. Durant defiantly affected the early automobile history more than any other one man ever. He was the worlds largest cart maker back in Flint Mi. & went on to save Buick from certain ban. "When GM had creative management" according to mav1. Watching the bankruptcy of General Motors made me want to learn more about its beginnings. I have the 2008 update of the original 197When GM had creative management Watching the bankruptcy of General Motors made me want to learn more about its beginnings. I have the 2008 update of the original 1973 edition. The writing is in journalistic style (which can be very annoying), and I was often looking for more photos of the men and . edition. The writing is in journalistic style (which can be very annoying), and I was often looking for more photos of the men and . Biography that reads like a novel I bought the first hardback edition of this book in 1973, and I'm not surprised that it still remains in print more than Biography that reads like a novel CJ I bought the first hardback edition of this book in 1973, and I'm not surprised that it still remains in print more than 40 years later. It's a wonderfully written and illustrated biography about the genius and idiosyncratic nature of one of America's auto pioneers.. 0 years later. It's a wonderfully written and illustrated biography about the genius and idiosyncratic nature of one of America's auto pioneers.
"A fascinating book and a sympathetic look at the man who glued General Motors together and in the process made Flint one of the great industrial centers of America."---Detroit Free Press