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 refreshing to report that Billy Durant is one of the best researched books dealing with an automotive giant." ---Antique Automobile
"Billy Durant fills in a masterly way the only important void remaining concerning the work of the motorcar pioneers." ---Richard Crabb, author of Birth of a Giant: The Men and Incidents That Gave America the Motorcar
What explains Billy Durant's powerful influence on the auto industry during its early days? And why, given Durant's impact, has he been nearly forgotten for decades?
In search of answers to these questions, Lawrence Gustin interviewed Durant's widow, who provided a wealth of previously unpublished autobiographical notes, letters, and personal papers. Gustin also interviewed two of Durant's personal secretaries and others who had known and worked with the man who created General Motors. The result is the amazing account of the mastermind behind what would become, as the twentieth century progressed, the world's largest company.

Billy Durant: Creator of General Motors

Biographies & Memoirs

Gustin, Lawrence R.

Historical

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN REGIONAL

David Buick led a team that created gasoline engines for motor cars that were truly remarkable. They were powerful, durable and efficient engines that proved formidable on race tracks and in hill climbs. And, more important, those engines provided the power to negotiate the deeply rutted mud, clay and sand roads that often defeated other cars in the early 20th century.
David Buick created one of two big story lines that connected in Flint, Michigan, in 1904. His theme was about a faltering little company with a great engine, Buick Motor Company. The other big story line was that of the brilliant organizer and promoter, William C. Durant. When Durant was introduced to the Buick automobile, it was almost like an explosion in the business world. That combination, Durant and Buick, formed the beginning of General Motors.

David Buick's Marvelous Motor Car: The men and the automobile that launched General Motors

Professionals & Academics

Lawrence R. Gustin

An illustrated history of Buicks from 1905 to the date of publication.

The Buick: A Complete History

Dunham, Terry B.

Reference

Automobile Quarterly

From 1904 to the present, The Buick: A Complete History is the authoritative, intimately fascinating story superbly told by two of the most respected automotive historians, each having devoted more than a decade to researching, interviewing, documenting and recording one of the great sagas of our time. Here is a book that has become the most treasured and inexhaustible reference work on this great marque. And now, to commemorate Buick's centennial, the new sixth edition expands to include information through model year 2004. Eight sections of Appendices include chapters on Buick racing cars; the Buick in Hollywood; the custom-bodied Buick; the Royal Buicks; heraldry and mascots of the marque; Buick around the world, with new information on ventures into China. There can be no finer Buick book for the office, the showroom, or home library. For the Buick builder, the enthusiast, the collector, the dealer, the owner, it will be the bible on Buick.

Engineering & Transportation

Automotive

UPDATED AND EXPANDED EDITION Praise for the first edition: “A meticulously researched book written in a popular style that’s difficult to put down. By skillfully weaving together the careers of David Buick and his contemporaries and their car, Larry Gustin fills a gaping hole in automotive history.” —David L. Lewis, professor of business history, University of Michigan “A good, succinct history of the early days of one of America’s great mainstream automo- biles, and the men responsible for it.” —Z. Taylor Vinson, The New York Times “If the question is Buick-related, Larry Gustin has the answer. He’s also an entertaining story teller and accomplished wordsmith.” —Don Sherman, technical editor, Automobile magazine “Gustin is an award-winning author and one of the world’s leading Buick authorities...the ideal person to write this book. He skillfully weaves the eventful story of the man who launched a world-famous automobile marque that became the favorite of royalty, business leaders and movie stars.” —Bill Vance, National Post [Canada] “The phrase, ‘It’s now or never,’ explains the drive behind this work on David Buick. Larry Gustin has studied the person, his work and the characters in the David Buick drama for decades. In this book, he has brought all that research material into sharp focus. The interests of automotive history are well served by this welcomed work.” —Leroy Cole, past president, Society of Automotive Historians “When it comes to writing Buick history, Larry Gustin is one of the luminaries...Gustin wrote the first, and still the best, biography of Billy Durant and followed it by co-authoring a history of Buick that’s now in its sixth edition...it’s an energizing read.” —Jim Donnelly, Hemmings Classic Car magazine “Gustin...traces [David] Buick’s rise and fall in an entertaining, folksy style with new in- sights into the man and his machine.” —Matt DeLorenzo, editor, Road &amp; Track magazine “Larry Gustin has at last brought us the long overdue story of a forgotten automotive pioneer. And he has done it in a manner that only a writer with a lifetime interest in the his- tory of the Buick automobile could ever hope to accomplish. It’s about time.” —Terry B. Dunham, president, The Buick Heritage Alliance “Gustin offers new insights into the largely unknown and often tragic life of David Dunbar Buick, a significant but neglected figure in the early automobile industry of Michigan... This is a ‘must read’ for anyone interested in the early history of Buick, General Motors and Flint, Mich.” —Charles F. Hyde, professor of history, Wayne State University

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Billy Durant: Creator of General Motors

David Buick's Marvelous Motor Car: The men and the automobile that launched General Motors

The Buick: A Complete History

The Buick: A Complete History

David Buick's Marvelous Motor Car: The Men and the Automobile that Launched General Motors (Updated 2013)

David Buick's Marvelous Motor Car: The men and the automobile that launched General Motors (Updated 2013)