Car Crazy – The Battle Between Ford and Olds in the Automobile Age

December 17, 2015 by

White House Chronicle, Show #7048
Air Date: Nov. 27, 2015
Host: Llewellyn King
Guest: G. Wayne Miller, author
Topic: A discussion of Miller’s new book, “Car Crazy: The Battle for Supremacy Between Ford and Olds and the Dawn of the Automobile Age”

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