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Something New Under the Sun Carol Jean Lambert Non-Fiction 160 pages Paperback, perfect bound, white paper gloss cover, b & w, 6 x 9 $14.95 Language: English TRA001050:Transportation : Automotive - History ISBN-978-1-939166-31-9 Now Available “Before I read this book, I thought Henry Ford invented the ﬁrst car. This book is inspiring in a way to know that great inventors are out there.” - Deirdre Higgins Written by the great-granddaughter of a historic inteventor, we learn the real story about America’s automotive history. “Lambert writes, “The more I learned about my great-grandfather, the more impressed I was. One of ten children in an entrepreneurial, hard-working family, he was front and center for the industrial revolution that characterized his age.At only thirty, John designed, built and drove the ﬁrst gasoline-powered car in America. John’s prototype was different from other efforts of his day. Others took an existing stationary engine and fastened it to a carriage built to be pulled by a horse. John built his machine to carry the weight of his engine, which became famous for its unique transmission design of two perpendicular spinning disks, a technology still in use today. John was known as the Father of the Gradual Transmission. Cries of “Get a horse!” did not deter him.” Learn more about the story that will intrigue any car buff. Carol Jean Lambert grew up in Dayton, Ohio thinking every family had an inventor in it. In fact, her great-grandfather invented America’s ﬁrst gasoline automoibile. But antique cars were not on her mind until on a trip back to Ohio a few years ago, when Carol began to explore the family mystery: why had no one heard of John Lambert? Carol researched libraries, museums and conducted interviews with those who knew or studied John Lambert, resulting in these two books. She now lives in Clinton, Massachusetts, where she practices psychotherapy. 5-1009 15

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