Auto Biography: A Classic Car, an Outlaw Motorhead, and 57 Years of the American Dream - Tapa dura

"Fascinating... The author tells Arney's story deftly and with great, often raw, humor, and it rarely loses momentum."--Booklist

"A true tall tale that doubles as a complicated fable, Auto Biography is the wild and woolly saga of a 1957 Chevrolet station wagon, its 13 owners, and Tommy Arney, the appetite-forward, contradictorily honorable character who restores the four-door chariot to a glory even greater than its original."--Christian Science Monitor

"[A] must read ... It's the bromance of the ages: a ruined man and and a ruined '57 Chevy find happiness in each other's arms."--New York Post

"Engrossing and entertaining.... The narrative tactfully unfolds with deeply human stories of struggle, ambition, hopes, dreams.... Swift is a wonderful guide and the stories he relates are engaging in their own right."--Publishers Weekly

"Dazzling. ... Many readers likely will feel the description Swift paints of Arney in the first page and a half of the book is worth the $26.99 price tag alone."--Daily Progress (Charlottesville, VA)

"A fresh, personal perspective on America's love affair with the automobile."--Joe Bargmann, of Popular Mechanics, Road & Truck, and the wildly popular blog, "Backseat Driver"

"Full of crackerjack reporting and fuel-injected mirth... Swift's lengthy step-by-step description of the disassembly and recreation process is as nail-biting as any drugstore action-thriller. It's hard to conceive of a more riveting (or unriveting) work on the subject than Auto Biography."--Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"Entertaining and enlightening."--Fort Worth Star-Telegram

"Swift negotiates a phrase like a car with a tight turning radius."--The Durham Herald Sun

"An entertaining, surprisingly informative and action-packed tale."--Houston Chronicle