The Indomitable Tin Goose: The True Story of Preston Tuckier and His Car by Pearson, Charles T

New York; (1960): Abelard Schuman. First Edition. Octavo. . 285p. When Francis Ford Coppola made his version of Tucker (played by Jeff Bridges), he relied on this book and surviving family members. The author has written an important though biased account (he was Preston Tucker's public relations man). Still it remains a valuable account with pictures of the glory days as well as his winning his court case. Of course, the role of the SEC and the Big Three is a shameful example of how competition can be suppressed with the aid of the government. Copies have become scarce since the film appeared. Bound in gray cloth, spine lettered and decorated in black. A near fine copy in very good unclipped dust jacket lettered in red and gray, lightly rubbed with short edge tear near head.