The Stanley Steamer: America’s Legendary Steam Car

Description

The Stanley Steamer is at last the first definitive work on Stanley twins Francis Edgar and Freelan Oscar and their remarkable steam automobile. Elegantly written, rich in detail and lavishly illustrated, this book is a must for historian and collector alike.

Authored by Kit Foster, foreword by Beverly Rae Kimes.
12″ x 9″ Hardbound,
568 Pages

Winner of the Nicholas-Joseph Cugnot Award
The Nicholas-Joseph Cugnot Award is presented by the Society for Automotive Historians (SAH) for the book published during the previous calendar year which represents the most outstanding writing and original research in automotive history. The award is named for Nicholas-Joseph Cugnot, a French Army officer who is generally acknowledged to have built the first self-propelled vehicle. His steam-powered fardier, built in 1769, was used as an artillery tractor; its likeness appears on the Society’s emblem. The Cugnot Award was first presented in 1972. A Nicholas-Joseph Cugnot Award for books written in a language other than English was first presented in the year 2000.