In the closing years of the 19th century the automobile was little more than a circus sideshow curiosity, and an obsession for eccentrics. In 1896 a Duryea Motor Wagon was given top billing over the albino and fat lady at the Barnum & Bailey Circus. By the dawn of...
Many automotive pioneers were innovators. Some were absolute geniuses. They were all visionaries; some, however, were just a bit more eccentric than others. Few, however, were businessmen and as a result, many made money for investors or company owners but died...
