Thus Spake David E.: The Collected Wit and Wisdom of the Most Influential Automotive Journalist of Our Time (Car and Driver & Automobile Magazine)

By David E. Davis Jr.

Book Overview

Articles collected from Car and driver; Automobile magazine.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 187909455X
• ISBN13: 9781879094550
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: Momentum Books Ltd, Troy, Michigan
• Length: 379 Pages
• Weight: 2.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.5" x 1.0" x 7.3"

Customer Reviews

Great Gifts

This always entertaining book makes for good bedside reading by the very nature of it's column format. You can read a chapter or two, and pick it up the next day or week without having lost anything. Fathers Day seems like a good enough reason to get this book in your library. There is enough non automotive stuff in Davis' writing for the whole family. Davis tribute to his father is absolutely wonderful. The man can sure write!

On the Road with the Zeus of Car Writers

A terrific book by a man who sees into the heart of cars and has the words to share what he sees there. Anyone who loves cars will love this book. But you don't have to love cars to enjoy it because the book is as much about good times, great food, travel to exotic places with intriguing people, and the joys of living life to the fullest wherever and whenever you find it.

Christmas was Especially Nice this Year

One of the things I opened Christmas morning is one of the best gifts I could have gotten in a long time. Thus Spake David E reminded me of why i thought so highly of Davis as an automotive writer and why, when he steps down from writing altogether, the world will be a darker place.Imagine him sitting down with you and relating each adventure in his automotive life personally and you get an idea of why so many car-oriented people like him as much as they do. That he brings a certain amount of ego along with him will put some off, but he has, after all, been able to do things most of us only dream about doing. After I finished it, I went back and read some of his columns from back issues of Automobile Magazine and enjoyed them even more than the first time around.If you're familiar with Davis' work and don't have Thus Spake yet, buy it; you won't be disappointed. He speaks with the same authority issue after issue and year after year and does it with a way that sparkles. He, in fact, does not call himself an automotive journalist, but rather an automotive storyteller - along with an actyor playing himself. Those who like cars but don't know him are highly recommended to buy the book as well. You'll make a new friend.

A terrific pen

David E is a wonderful companion to have at fireside while he spins yarns about the great cars, double guns, fine bourbon and pointing dogs. The critique he offers of the auto industry and its more prominent members reveals a true insider's understanding of the automotive world. He talks about the geniuses you've never heard of, the bufoons that grab the headlines and great characters that make the world of the automobile a fascinating one. For anyone who is a car buff, I highly recommend it!

Pure Davis!

Sorely overlooked because of his genre, David E. Davis, Jr. is one of the best writers of our generation. If cars didn't exist he'd probably not have as much fun writing, but his work would be considered genius. A great compendium for car guys and Davis fans as well as people who love old guys with an irreverent pen. This is it folks! He's a giant in the auto world and here is his diary...read it!