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The subject of one of the great advertising campaigns of the early 20th century, the "Somewhere West of Laramie” ads, Jordan is a well-remembered marque despite its brief duration. This is both a biography of the company's founder, Ned Jordan, and a history of the company and its vehicles from its beginning in 1916 to its end on April 1, 1932.

Drawing on numerous automotive histories and two large private collections of memorabilia, this exhaustive study of the Chandler Motor Car Company covers the lives of the founders, as well as the histories of the several corporations they worked for while learning the automotive trade. The author provides fresh insight into the formative years of the auto industry and the personalities who made it go.