Beyond
Expectation: the Volkswagen Story / NO RESERVE
Beyond
Expectation: the Volkswagen Story
Author: K. B. Hopfinger
Publisher
: G.T. FOULIS & CO.
Language
: English
Hardcover
: 177 pages
Item
Weight : 19 ounces
Dimensions
: 9 x 5.75 x 0.75 inches
Light
shelf wear
Dust
jacket is scuffed
Over-wrapped
in clear plastic cover
Tight
spine
Remnants
of a bookplate on front free end paper
Otherwise,
good
Appears
to be 1954 edition, but I could not find a date in the book
Boards
are gray (not red) with gold lettering
"Beyond
Expectation" is a fitting title for the book, which describes in intimate details
the most remarkable story in the history of the automobile. Laced with intrigue
and extraordinary circumstances against the background of Hitler's Nazi
Germany, the author, a well-known technical journalist, presents with clarity a
saga of modern times.
No
reader can fail to be caught in this gripping and thought-provoking story
unfolding astounding authentic details. A book which is regarded as a true
classic in its field.
Kurt
Bernard Hopfinger was born on February 8, 1921 in Drohobyc, Southern Poland. In
December of 1938, with the political situation becoming ever more dangerous,
Kurt, then just 17 years old and his 14 year old brother were sent to England
with the Red Cross Kindertransport.
After
the war, he set up his own business as a Consulting Engineer, and during the
remainder of his life worked in the motor industry with many of the large motor
manufacturers. When travel once again became possible he visited the Volkswagen
factory in Wolfsburg in his capacity as a journalist. He met both Professor
Nordhoff and Ferdinand Porsche and was inspired to write Beyond Expectation.
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