From the acclaimed author of Birdmen, another hidden history of entrepreneurship: a true tale of invention and competition that will forever change the way readers view the creation of the vehicle that forever changed America, and sets the record straight on Henry Ford. Ask nearly anyone what Henry Ford invented and they’ll give you two answers: the automobile and the assembly line. The truth is that he invented neither. Here, acclaimed historian Lawrence Goldstone rewrites the birth of the automobile and gives credit where it’s long been due. Revelatory and captivating, Drive! features the innovators, entrepreneurs, and daredevils who steered the automobile through its wild early days—from Karl Benz and Marcel Renault to Ransom Olds and the Dodge brothers to Camille du Gast and Barney Oldfield to the man, forgotten by history, who actually held the original patent on the technology at the heart of it all—and along the way teaches invaluable business lessons.

About the Author

LAWRENCE GOLDSTONE is the author or co-author of more than a dozen books of fiction and nonfiction, most recently Birdmen: The Wright Brothers, Glenn Curtiss, and the Battle to Control the Skies. One of his novels won a New American Writing Award, another was a New York Times notable mystery. His work has been profiled in The New York Times, the Toronto Star, Salon, and Slate, among others.