Fifties Flashback: The American Car

by Dennis Adler

No other era in automotive history is as revered as the 1950s, when Detroit was the center of the auto world and the American V-8 was king of the road. With hundreds of color photos of beautiful restorations and a collection of rare archival photos, Dennis Adler has compiled a detailed history of the emerging postwar American auto industry.

160 pages, Paperback

First published November 11, 1996

About the author

Dennis Adler is the editor in chief of Car Collector magazine and consultant/historian/author for four publishers and organizations, including senior contributing editor of The Star -- the official publication of the Mercedes-Benz Club of America. He serves on the Meadow Brook Concours d'Elegance Selection Committee and as a chief class judge at the Meadow Brook and Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance. He is a noted portraitist of automotive collectors and their collections and is the author of twenty automotive books, including The Art of the Sports Car and The Art of the Automobile.

In addition to his works on automobiles Award-winning author Dennis Adler is one of America’s most published historians on western guns and collectible firearms. Author and photographer for more than three dozen books and thousands of magazine articles, Dennis has published work in such publications as American Rifleman, Guns of the Old West, and The Robb Report.


He lives in western Pennsylvania.

Reviews

[Duane · Rating 5 out of 5]

You just can't go wrong with reading this book! With unbelievable photographs, readers will be transported back to the 50's and experience the over-the-top cars and ideas that encompassed that era. Bright colorful photographs are just the tip of the assets this book boasts. The author does a magnificant job of going into detail about why the cars looked the way they did and how cars changed culture and expectations. A great coffee table book!