The 1950s were a decade when auto mania was at its zenith and Ford Motor Company, led by young Henry Ford II, was in a fierce competition to beat Chevrolet in the sales race. Out of this rivalry came such automobile legends as the beautiful new Ford, Mercury, and Lincoln convertibles; the youthful Hardtop Victorias; the "glass top" Skyliners and Sun Valleys; the sporty two-seat Thunderbirds; the stunning Continental Mark IIs; and such sensations as the Retractable Hardtops and Rancheros. In FORD'¬?S GOLDEN FIFTIES, Ford historian Lorin Sorensen takes you back to the Golden Fifties with actual publicity photos and press releases that introduced some of the most desirable and unforgettable Ford cars of all time. A year-by-year celebration of the Fords of the 1950s, each complete with original publicity photographs and press releases.Includes more than 225 black-and-white and color photographs.A fabulous book for car buffs, history fans, and designers.
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LORIN SORENSEN has served as editor of several Ford-enthusiast magazines. In 1978, he produced Ford Motor Company'¬?s 75th Anniversary book, The Ford Road. Since then he has produced a series of historic car calendars for Ford, consulted on Ford marketing projects and films, and produced historic film documentaries about the company'¬?s cars. He lives in northern California.
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Lorin Sorensen saw his first rodeo at the War Bonnet Roundup in Idaho Falls as a youngster, an experience among others that would inspire him to one day write his latest book.
He was born and raised on a ranch near Rigby, Idaho, which is in Shoshone and Snake River country over by the Grand Tetons. It dates back in his family to the 1890s.
Educated in the field of ranching, Lorin became a nationally-known historian and author. Old-Time Rodeo is his fifteenth book. Others include the books for Ford Motor Company's 75th Anniversary, and Sears Roebuck's 100th Anniversary.
As a historian he has appeared on the A&E Biography Channel and Public Television's History Detectives.
After working many years for Sears, he then wrote and produced a series of magazines called "Ford Life". In 1972 He moved his family to St. Helena, CA. Lorin then became a writer and full time historian. He wrote 15 books including Ford V8, Hot Rods, American Ford, 75th Anniversary of Ford Motor Company, Beringer Vineyards History, and produced and wrote many videos on the auto industry.
His most recent book, Old Time Rodeo, was finished in December 2008. It allowed him to use his rodeo and cowboy pictures in a beautiful book on the beginning of "Rodeo in America". This book has become his proudest and favorite career achievement.
http://www.oldtimerodeo.com/
He was born and raised on a ranch near Rigby, Idaho, which is in Shoshone and Snake River country over by the Grand Tetons. It dates back in his family to the 1890s.
Educated in the field of ranching, Lorin became a nationally-known historian and author. Old-Time Rodeo is his fifteenth book. Others include the books for Ford Motor Company's 75th Anniversary, and Sears Roebuck's 100th Anniversary.
As a historian he has appeared on the A&E Biography Channel and Public Television's History Detectives.
After working many years for Sears, he then wrote and produced a series of magazines called "Ford Life". In 1972 He moved his family to St. Helena, CA. Lorin then became a writer and full time historian. He wrote 15 books including Ford V8, Hot Rods, American Ford, 75th Anniversary of Ford Motor Company, Beringer Vineyards History, and produced and wrote many videos on the auto industry.
His most recent book, Old Time Rodeo, was finished in December 2008. It allowed him to use his rodeo and cowboy pictures in a beautiful book on the beginning of "Rodeo in America". This book has become his proudest and favorite career achievement.
http://www.oldtimerodeo.com/
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A great decade for Ford Motor Company,
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This review is from: Ford's Golden Fifties: All the Best from Henry II (Hardcover)
This easy-to-read book is a must for any fans of 1950s automobiles, especially Ford products. It begins in 1949, telling the complete story of the legendary "FortyNiner," the car that literally saved FoMoCo. And unlike other books about Ford in the 1950s the complete FoMoCo offering of Ford, Mercury and Lincoln cars is covered with interesting stories and images. You also learn of the intense competition between Ford and Chevrolet for the overall sales lead and how Chevy was not above "cooking the books" so that the Bowtie Boys could maintain the top spot in a particular model year.
Photography is great and gives you a real feel of how great that decade was for life in the United States. As one who lived during that time and whose father bought a new Ford every model year from 1946-73 inclusive the book brings back many fond memories. All in all, a great addition to anyone's library of automobile history books.
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Ford's Golden Fifties,
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This review is from: Ford's Golden Fifties: All the Best from Henry II 1949-59 (Hardcover)
A good book on the fifties Ford cars in picture and text
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