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The Car The Rise and Fall of the Machine that Made the Modern World

Bryan Appleyard

A spirited, insightful exploration of our favorite machine and it's cultural impact on society over the past one hundred and fifty years. More than any other technology, cars have transformed American popular culture. Cars have created vast wealth as well as novel dreams of freedom and mobility. Th...

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The story of Bertha Benz's first automotive road trip in 1885 is recounted, emphasizing how her drive represented the possibility of freedom and the ability to move faster and further than ever before.

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I read about all this in a piece by Brian Appleyard, author of The Car, The Rise and Fall of the Machine that Made the World.

— Episode: Where's my flying car?

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The story of Bertha Benz's first automotive road trip in 1885 is recounted, emphasizing how her drive represented the possibility of freedom and the ability to move faster and further than ever before.

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I read about all this in a piece by Brian Appleyard, author of The Car, The Rise and Fall of the Machine that Made the World.

She took their two sons on the first automotive road trip in history.

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