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The story of car engineer Soichiro Honda / by Mark Weston ; with illustrations by Katie Yamasaki ; additional material by Pam Watts.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Publisher: New York : Lee & Low Books Inc., [2018]Description: 64 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781620147900
  • 9781549026676
  • 1620147904
  • 1549026674
  • 9781682467770
Other title:
  • Soichiro Honda
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 921 HON 338.7/6292/092 B 23
LOC classification:
  • H 9710.J32 W48 2018
Contents:
The boy who dreamed of cars -- Development of the automobile -- Expert repairman -- Race car culture in Japan -- The Honda Motor Company -- Japan in World War II -- Henry Ford and the assembly line -- A new market -- Air-cooled vs. water-cooled engines -- The energy crisis and the Clean Air Act -- Honda's legacy.
Summary: Shares the life of Japanese businessman Soichiro Honda, founder of the Honda Motor Company, focusing on his early influences and later career as an innovative inventor and manufacturer of motorcycles and cars.
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Shares the life of Japanese businessman Soichiro Honda, founder of the Honda Motor Company, focusing on his early influences and later career as an innovative inventor and manufacturer of motorcycles and cars.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 54-63).

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The boy who dreamed of cars -- Development of the automobile -- Expert repairman -- Race car culture in Japan -- The Honda Motor Company -- Japan in World War II -- Henry Ford and the assembly line -- A new market -- Air-cooled vs. water-cooled engines -- The energy crisis and the Clean Air Act -- Honda's legacy.

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