Four Wheels Good

In 1903, the Packard Motor Car Company hired foreman Tom Fetch to drive an automobile across the United States from San Francisco to New York City, a feat never before achieved. Fetch and two companions - an elderly reporter and a rebellious mechanic - faced numerous obstacles: deserts, mountains, mud, unpredictable weather, the scarcity of gasoline, the lack of roads west of Denver, and the jeers of folks who dismissed automobiles as playthings of the rich. And Fetch wasn’t alone in the attempt. Another motorist had left San Francisco to travel overland on a dare. It became an unofficial race to reach New York first. But the competition had a three-week head start. In Four Wheels Good, Dan Spencer presents a grand tale of daring and humility, triumph and disappointment, and the true meaning of success.