Pierce-Arrow: First Among America's Finest (Ballantine's Illustrated History of the Car: Marque Book)

Excerpt from the introduction: To most of today's youngsters encountering the name, Pierce-Arrow means no more than do the names of dozens of other extinct automobile manufacturers who enjoyed their brief moment of glory and then vanished What, if anything, makes the all but forgotten Pierce-Arrow worthy of remembrance among these others? Forty years ago there was no question about which car enjoyed first place in national esteem - Pierce-Arrow; and like Rolls-Royce it conjured up visions of grandeur, relaxed living, good breeding, and absence of financial strain. A history of the car, including a listing of the models by year.