For this thorough history, Hyde has consulted previously overlooked records collected by the Automobile Manufacturers Association that are now housed in the National Automotive History Collection of the Detroit Public Library.
Charles K. Hyde is professor emeritus of history at Wayne State University. He is the author of Storied Independent Automakers: Nash, Hudson, and American Motors, The Dodge Brothers: The Men, the Motor Cars, and the Legacy, and Riding the Roller Coaster: A History of the Chrysler Corporation (all Wayne State University Press).
