Billy, Alfred, and General Motors: The Story of Two Unique
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Pelfrey, William, PUBLISHER: AMACOM/American Management Association, One industry has had more impact on life in America than any other before or since. Here is the story of two men and one company at the start of it all. Billy, Alfred, and General Motors is the tale not just of the two extraordinary men of its title but also of the formative decades of twentieth-century America, through two world wars and sea changes in business, industry, politics, and culture. The book includes vivid portraits of the legends of the golden age of the automobile, from ?Crazy? Henry Ford, Ransom Olds, and Charles Nash to the brilliant but uncredited David Dunbar Buick and Cadillac founder Henry Leland.