1998 "First Edition" stated on copyright page; signed by Jerry Fisher on title page to original owner (pic); Lost Coast Press publishers; hardbound; b/w photos and illustrations; very good condition of book and dust jacket.
 
from dust jacket -
'Carl G. Fisher did not live the American dream-- he made the American dream. The dirt poor Indiana boy built his dreams into vast fortunes. He created the first Transcontinental Highway, built the Indy 500, developed Miami Beach, and Montauk, New York (known as the Miami Beach of the North. Now Jerry M. Fisher, a cousin of Carl's, has written his definitive biography. Fisher carved the playground of Miami Beach from the swamps of a mosquito infested jungle. He made Long Island a fashionable place to live. The Indianapolis 500 remains the world's premier racing event.  The Lincoln and Dixie highways, awesome accomplishments for their time or any, brought the country into the 20th century the way the railroad brought the country into the 19th century. Presidents called him a friend; the Gasoline Alley Gang of Ford, Chevrolet and Firestone regarded him as a pacesetter. When Fisher drove the pace car for the first Indy 500 in 1911 he was not only setting the pace for that race, but for all Americans who were venturing onto highways.'