PositiveThe Wall Street Journal... [an] engaging study of national automobility ... The road we’ve traveled so far may be familiar, but it is worth revisiting in Mr. Albert’s deft overview ... It may be some time before these questions find adequate answers, but it looks to Mr. Albert as if \'the end of the American automobile is nigh.\'
Gregory Crouch
PositiveWall Street Journal\"Some readers may be appalled at our ancestors’ greed for gold, but Mr. Crouch takes a more sympathetic view ... Mr. Crouch clearly admires his protagonist, at times nearly to distraction. He portrays Mackay throughout this well-written and worthwhile book as a man of high principle—kind, charitable and fair, dependably doing the noble thing.\
Dvora Meyers
PositiveThe Wall Street Journal...[a] delightful and insightful study ... Ms. Meyers is aware that many readers would score a Perfect 0 in gymnastics knowledge, so she offers explanations of arcane aspects of the sport.