Detroit Steel Artists: How Edsel Ford, Ray Dietrich, Tom Hibbard, and Ralph Roberts Turned Motor City Into a Styling Mecca Before Harley Earl Kilkenny Matthew

"[Detroit Steel Artists] is illustrated with sumptuous photos of period cars shot by pros. . . . Driving calls it "an almost essential addition to the library of any pre-war American Classic Car Enthusiasts."The book details how societal changes, including the modernization of business and the women's movement, were powerful factors for styling's rise in significance. Woven through the images is a detailed and well-constructed narrative, one that uncovers unsung heroes of the time period." -- Car and Driver MagazinePrinted in a large 12″ x 12″ format with 296 hardbound pages, Detroit Steel Artists is the first comprehensive story of the avant-garde artists of the automotive business--the outcasts who changed Motor City forever and made styling a selling point in the early 1920s.

The forward-looking semi-custom car designs,