The Automobile in St. Louis: An Illustrated Timeline - Hardcover

by Molly Butterworth (Author), Thomas Eyssell (Author)

Author Biography

Molly Butterworth grew up in the small town of Versailles, Ohio, with a father who loved Chevrolet muscle and a mother who adored how German cars talk to you about the road. After volunteering at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, she obtained a master's degree in public history and loved her first job as curator then director of the National Museum of Transportation and its myriad benefits like running locomotives and driving Corvettes. She has written extensively on transportation history and plans to always have a vehicle with a stick shift in her garage. Thomas Eyssell started as an auto mechanic in the early 1970s but took a left turn and wound up a college professor for the next 40 years. Despite his academic duties, he never lost his passion for the GTOs, Mustangs, and Chevelles of his youth. Since retiring as associate dean and professor emeritus of finance from the University of Missouri-St. Louis, he divides his time between travel and family, volunteer work as a senior advocate, and, of course, puttering with the various vintage vehicles in his garage.