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The Fisher Body Craftsman Guild -- An Illustrated History, By John L. Jacobus published by McFarland & Company, Inc., July 2005. Contains 171 period-vintage photographs, 330 pages, hardbound.


 
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ISBN: 978-0-7864-1719-3
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Choice Reviews - Science & Technology, March 2006
Jacobus, John L., The Fisher Body Craftsman Guild, An Illustrated History, McFarland, 2005. 331p bibl index afp ISBN 0786417196, $49.85

Retired automobile safety engineer Jacobus offers a wonderfully researched, diligently executed piece of social and automotive history. The Fisher Body Division of General Motors sponsored an automobile design competition for teenagers beginning in the 1930s and ending in 1968. A number of contestants went to work for GM, and the guild was seen as General Motors helping teens and assisting cooperation with the company. In the 1930s the young designers were asked to build a miniature model of a Napoleonic coach (yes, the same one used as a crest on the doorsills of the early Chevrolet, Buick, etc.). The coach evolved into an original model designed and built from scratch according to strict guidelines. The numerous winners received scholarships and some job offers.

This is the one book written about the guild, for now and evermore, one could say, with all a reader needs to know. The many pictures of the models and makers provide a very real glimpse of history-how people looked and dressed, and the cars of teens' dreams. Unique, real American history, and great fun. Summing Up: Highly recommended. General readers; lower-division undergraduates through professionals.- C.J. Myers, St. Peter's College

 
 
 
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