Costco to Host Book Signing For Lost Car Companies of Detroit

MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich. - Jan. 25, 2016 - PRLog -- Costco to Host Book Signing For Lost Car Companies of Detroit

Local author, Alan Naldrett, will be available to sign copies of book

Among more than two hundred auto companies that tried their luck in the Motor City, just three remain: Ford, General Motors and Chrysler. But many of those lost to history have colorful stories worth telling. For instance, J.J. Cole forgot to put brakes in his new auto, so on the first test run, he had to drive it in circles until it ran out of gas. Brothers John and Horace Dodge often trashed saloons during wild evenings but used their great personal wealth to pay for the damage the next day (if they could remember where they had been). David D. Buick went from being the founder of his own leading auto company to working the information desk at the Detroit Board of Trade. Author Alan Naldrett explores these and more tales of automakers who ultimately failed but shaped the industry and designs putting wheels on the road today.

Highlights of Lost Car Companies of Detroit  include:

• Amazing stories of naïve entrepreneurs and their downfall in the early optimism of the auto-making industry
• The history of the auto-industry in Detroit through the eyes of the hundreds of lost companies left in its wake.

Join the author for a signing:

Where:  Costco

30550 Stephenson Highway

Madison Heights, MI 48071

When:  Saturday, February 6th, 2016; 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Available at area bookstores, independent retailers, and online retailers, or through Arcadia Publishing at (888)-313-2665 or online (https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/Products/9781467118736).

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