Steamy Dreamer; The Saga of Hartley O. Baker and the Baker Steam Motor Car - Softcover

Baker, Barbara P.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1882418239 ISBN 13: 9781882418237

Publisher: Centennial Publications, 1995

Synopsis

In addition to presenting the complete story of the life of Hartley O. Baker, this book provides a thorough history of his Baker Steam Motor Car Company of Pueblo, Colorado. This history is documented through the use of company records and correspondence, company brochures, newspaper ads and articles, public records, patent records and drawings, and original photographs. The author interviewed dozens of people and searched all available records to compile this unique story. The result is a book that is sure to hold the attention and satisfy the curiosity of all automotive buffs, as well as those readers interested in a little known piece of Colorado and automotive history.

"The subject of this book is the late Dr. Hartley O. Baker who was a believer that the steam car could be improved and made a viable means of transportation. Under ordinary circumstances, his name would have been forgotten decades ago. Dr. Baker is remembered now by one who never knew him, Barbara Baker, the wife of one of his grandsons, who has been looking into the checkered life of this multi-faceted man, following all leads to show him as a vibrant living person. Her insight into the character Hartley O. Baker is one of crystal clarity and she has successfully painted a panorama of the man, and his automobile." Keith Marvin, Past President - The Society of Automotive Historians.

About this title

About the Author

Barbara Petrie Baker was born and reared in Denver, Colorado. She won Drama and Alumni Scholarship to the University of Denver, her studies there interrupted by World War II and marriage to Donald Baker. She has lived in Texas, Rhode Island, Key West, Virginia, Maryland and, for 35 years, California, where she worked for several school districts. While raising her three children, she pursued her avocation of writing. Mrs. Baker is on the Board of Directors of Cinema Colorado, a past officer of West Rockies Writers Club, and volunteers at Mesa State College. Her retirement back to Colorado is 1989 provided the necessary time, and the discovery of her enigmatic grandfather-in-law the motivation for the research and writing of this book.

Edition details

• Publisher: Centennial Publications
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1882418239
• ISBN 13: 9781882418237
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 176