This is one of those visual history books that DK does so well and it puts to shame the books from other transport publishers. 'Trucks' is aimed at the general reader and picture heavy, the text is basically captions. The eight chapters cover various groups of years, so the first one is 1890-1919: The early years. The last is 2000-Today: Keep on truckin'.
I liked the various company profiles: Ford, Renault, Man, Volvo, Paccar, Mercedes-Benz, GMC, Scania, Mack, et cetera. Individual trucks are picked for a visual survey, for example, a spread with Peterbilt 281 has technical details and three photos (profile front and back) the next spread has seventeen photos with close-ups of the engine, dashboard and other parts of the cab. As well as highway trucks, there is coverage of fire engines, novelty vehicles (remember the Oscar Mayer wienermobile) accident recovery, monster earth movers. The last chapter looks at how trucks work: engines; chassis; suspension; inside the cab.
I think the interesting thing that separates this book from others is all the color cutout photos throughout the book; they are all beautifully done and they certainly gave the book a lift while I looked through it.
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