Author and journalist David Burgess Wise is

acclaimed as one of the world's leading

motoring historians. Born in 1942, he entered

journalism in 1960 and his first book, Veteran and

Vntage Cars, published in 1970, has been printed

in six languages. Since then, he has written

Vintage Motor Cars, Steam on the Road, Historic

Motor Cycles, The Encyclopedia of the American

Automobile (with Karl Ludvigsen), Classics of the

Road and (with David Hodges) The Story of the

Car. He won the 1970 Cortina Award for his

film-script of Seventy Years On and bas acted as a

technical advisor to the BBC on various motor-

ing programmes. He is now Co-ordinator of

European Editorial Services at the Ford Motor

Company. Married, with two children, he lives

in Essex, where his hobbies include driving his

1927 Clyno tourer and collecting vintage jazz

records.

Other motoring successes

THE HISTORY OF MOTOR RACING

by William Boddy

"A brilliant book .

best book we'll ever see on motor racing."

. . at any price it's probably the

Custom Car

"We recommend it thoroughly . . . remarkable

value for money."

Autosport

THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE

AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE

by Karl Ludvigsen and David Burgess Wise

"The authors are experts

their style conveys

the full romance of such wonderful inventions

as the Buick, Pontiac, Studebaker and

Duesenberg."

The Listener

"Quite superb."

Car Mechanics