Percival Lowell's Big Red Car: The Tale of an Astonomer and a 1911 Steves-Duryea

by William Lowell Putnam

This is the story of one car--a 1911 Stevens-Duryea Model Y "Big Six"--and its famous owner Percival Lowell, the American astronomer best known for his studies of Mars and mathematical prediction of the discovery of Pluto. The narrative follows the vehicle, a product of Frank Duryea--of the pioneering Duryea brothers--through its time with Lowell and through subsequent owners to its present status as a moving landmark of history.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786412348
• ISBN13: 9780786412341
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 183 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher