HSPLS site
Login
My List - 0
Help
Search
My Account
Databases
HI Newspaper
eBooks/Audiobooks
Learning
PC Reservation
Reading Program
Basic
Advanced
Power
History
Search:
Title Browse
Author Browse
Subject Browse
Best Seller Browse
Music Title Browse
Video/DVD Title Browse
Journal/Newspaper Title Browse
Serial Title Browse
Series Browse (includes Bestseller List)
General Keyword
Title Keyword
Author Keyword
Subject Keyword
Name Keyword
Series Keyword
Score Title Browse
Talking Book Title Browse
Awards Note Browse
Bib No.
Barcode
Refine Search
> You're searching:
HAWAII STATE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM
Item Information
Holdings
Summary
More Content
More by this author
Hranek, Matt, author.
Subjects
Automobiles -- Anecdotes.
Men -- Interviews.
Browse Catalog
by author:
Hranek, Matt, author.
by title:
A man & his car : ic...
MARC Display
A man & his car : iconic cars and stories from the men who love them / Matt Hranek.
by
Hranek, Matt, author.
New York : Artisan, [2020]
Subjects
Automobiles -- Anecdotes.
Men -- Interviews.
ISBN:
9781579658922 (hardcover)
157965892X (hardcover)
Description:
239 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 19 x 29 cm
Requests:
0
Summary:
"Man-about-town and NYC men's style fixture Matt Hranek is back with his second book, A Man & His Car. Here is a beautiful homage to an object of men's obsession, told in firsthand original interviews. Jay Leno, a major car collector and the host of Jay Leno's Garage, shares the story of his oldest car, a 1955 Buick Roadmaster that he bought for $350, which he literally slept in before getting his break in L.A. Kevin Costner reveals that he got so attached to the iconic Shelby Mustang he drove in the movie Bull Durham, he bought it for his own personal collection. Franz von Holzhausen, chief designer at Tesla, who worked hand in hand with Elon Musk to design the Tesla Model S prototype, says that his love of cars started when he was two (as evidenced by a picture of him sitting in a high chair drawing a car). And as for Snoop Dogg and his 1965 Cadillac "Snoop DeVille" convertible-do we even need to explain? A Man & His Car includes visits to some of the most exclusive collections in the world-from that of the Petersen Automotive Museum to those of car manufacturers from Fiat to Alfa Romeo-giving us access to Steve McQueen's favorite car, a 1956 Jaguar XKSS; the 1971 DeTomaso Pantera that Elvis purchased for his then-girlfriend Linda Thompson (and which has two bullet holes in the steering wheel and one in the driver's-side floorpan from when, after an altercation with Thompson, Presley fired three rounds into the interior when the car wouldn't start); and a super-rare, 24-karat-gold-plated 1980 DeLorean DMC-12, a model that was sold exclusively to American Express Gold Card members through the 1980 American Express catalog, for an astronomical $85,000 (equivalent to more than $250,000 today). Exquisite photos of each car accompany each story, and since cars naturally hold more detail than watches, there will be more photos in this book-of the cars head-on, of their hood ornaments and wheels, and of course full-body shots. With Hranek's storytelling, the cars become more than just vehicles for transportation and status symbols; they represent pop-culture moments, pioneering achievements, heirlooms, friendships, and more"--
Copy/Holding information
Location
Collection
Call No.
Status
Hawaii State Library
Business, Science & Technology
629.222 Hr
Checked In
Add Copy to MyList
Lihue Public Library
Adult Nonfiction
629.222 Hr
Checked In
Add Copy to MyList
Makawao Public Library
Adult Nonfiction
629.222 Hr
Checked In
Add Copy to MyList
Naalehu Public Library
Adult Nonfiction
629.222 Hr
Checked In
Add Copy to MyList
Horizon Information Portal 3.25_9884
© 2001-2013
SirsiDynix
All rights reserved.