Long before the Japanese vehicle invasion or the oil crisis or even the Vietnam war, American cars ruled the highways and byways of America.  These heavily chromed vehicles were long, wide, powerful luxury cars that were packaged as coupes, sedans and sports cars.  Anyway you cut it, in retrospect the 1950s and 1960s bring back in our minds, a more innocent and hopeful period in our nation's history.  The book, Great American Dream Machines: Classic Cars Of The 50s and 60s captures the "golden age" of auto-making history.  As part of this nostalgic walk down memory lane, this book reviews 65 different classic cars of the 1950s and 1960s.  The author provides little known anecdotes about each car along with a full listing of each car's specifications including available accessories.  The many sections of this book are as follows: 1) Introduction; 2) The Dream Machines; 3) 1941- Hudson; 4) 1948 Oldsmobile Sedanette; 5) 1948 Tucker; 6) 1949 Kaiser Virginian; 7) 1949 Buick Roadmaster; 8) 1949 Packard; 9) 1950 Mercury Coupe; 10) 1950 Pontiac Sedan; 11) 1951 Nash Rambler Country Club; 12) 1952 Packard Patrician 400; 13) 1953 Buick Skylark; 14) 1953 Kaiser Manhattan;  15) 1953 Oldsmobile 88; 16) 1954 Kaiser Darrin; 17) 1954 Studebaker Starliner; 18) 1954 Lincoln Capri; 19) 1954 Cadillac Fleetwood 60; 20) 1954 Mercury Sun Valley; 21) 1955 Chevy Bel Air; 22) 1955 Ford Crown Victoria; 23) 1955 Mercury Montclair; 24) 1955 Packard Caribbean; 25) 1956 Packard 400; 26) 1956 Chevy Bel Air; 27) 1952 (1956 body) Chrysler Imperial Parade Car; 28) 1956 Oldsmobile 88; 29) 1957 Chevy Bel Air; 30) 1957 Corvette; 31) 1957 Dodge Royal; 32) 1957 Pontiac Safari; 33) 1955/56/57 Thunderbird; 34) 1957 Lincoln Continental Mark II; 35) 1958 Desoto Sportsman; 36) 1958 Cadillac Sedan DeVille; 37) 1958 Cadillac Eldorado Broughham; 38) 1958 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz; 39) 1958 Pontiac Bonneville; 40) 1959 Edsel; 41) 1959 Ford Starliner; 42) 1959 Oldsmobile 98; 43) 1959/60 Cadillac Fleetwood 60 / Fleetwood 75 Limousine; 44) 1960 Imperial LeBaron; 45) 1960 Lincoln; 46) 1960 Nash Metropolitan; 47) 1960 Plymouth Fury; 48) 1960 Rambler; 49) 1960 Thunderbird; 50) 1962 Thunderbird Roadster; 51) 1962/64 Cadillac Fleetwood 60; 52) 1962/63 Lincoln Continental; 53) 1963 Ghia; 54) 1963 Pontiac Tempest; 55) Studebaker Avanti; 56) 1965 Marlin; 57) 1965 Studebaker Daytona; 58) 1966 Mustang; 59) 1967 Camaro SS/1969 Camaro Z-28; 60) 1968 AMX; 61) 1970 Pontiac GTO; 62) 1973 Cadillac Eldorado (Custom Cars/Leadsled); 63) 1950 Custom Mercury; 64) 1957 Custom Oldsmobile; 65) Appendix 1 Where to Find a Car; 66) Appendix 2 How to Find a Car; 67) Appendix 3 How to Restore a Car; 68) Appendix 4 How to Find Parts, Supplies and Repair Shops; 69) Appendix 5 How to Insure an Old Car; 70) Appendix 6 How to Determine Value of Old Cars; 71) Appendix 7 Car Publications; 72) Glossary; 73) National Car Club Listing; 74) State-by-State Car Club Listing 75) Auto Credits and 76) Index.  As the author points out, "Great American Dream Machines is sure to evoke the nostalgia and romanticism of these automobiles".  This book is 240 pages and is invery good condition.  The author is Jay Hirsch.  Edition published in 1985.