Roy D. Chapin

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List of Illustrations	ix
Foreword	xiii
Introduction	xv
Preface to the 1945 Edition	xix
I. BLAZING THE TRAILS OF TOMORROW	1	(8)
II. A GRASS-ROOTS BOYHOOD	9	(10)
III. UNIVERSITY DAYS	19	(8)
IV. DETROIT-TO-NEW YORK PIONEER TOUR	27	(8)
V. REVOLT AT OLDSMOBILE	35	(12)
VI. LAUNCHING HIS FIRST COMPANY	47	(12)
VII. OUT OF DEBT AND ON THEIR WAY	59	(8)
VIII. CHALMERS-DETROIT, AND BEGINNINGS OF HUDSON	67	(10)
IX. FORECASTING FUTURE TRENDS	77	(12)
X. ON THEIR OWN AT LAST	89	(8)
XI. A MILLIONAIRE AT THIRTY	97	(20)
XII. WEDNESDAY IN GEORGIA	117	(10)
XIII. HUDSON'S GROWING PAINS	127	(12)
XIV. WITH PERSHING ON THE BORDER	139	(6)
XV. PIONEER IN MOTOR TRANSPORT	145	(10)
XVI. RUNNING AMERICA'S ROAD TRAFFIC	155	(12)
XVII. WARTIME WASHINGTON	167	(6)
XVIII. BIRTH OF THE ESSEX	173	(10)
XIX. AMERICA WELCOMES THE CLOSED CAR	183	(8)
XX. FINANCIAL CLIMAX	191	(8)
XXI. NEW HOMES FOR OLD	199	(6)
XXII. LEADER OF THE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY	205	(14)
XXIII. END OF AN ERA	219	(10)
XXIV. SECRETARY OF COMMERCE	229	(16)
XXV. AGAIN AT THE HUDSON WHEEL	245	(10)
XXVI. BUILDING FOR TOMORROW	255