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Mighty Mack
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"Built like a Mack" is a phrase whici carries a world of meaning fo Americans, conveying something o the frontier toughness which they sti: revere as a nation. Now the story o John M. Mack and his trucks — under a variety of managements — has been recorded in a volume whicl itself is built like a Mack: at least, it' 113A in x 8¼ in by about an inch thicl and must weigh nearly a pound.
Continuing the statistics, it has fiv colour and 278 black and whit illustrations, is packed with fact about all the Macks 'from the first ii 1903 — which was a small bus — an runs to 216 pages. A mecca, in fact for enthusiasts, even though it als4 runs to £6.95 net from the Britisl publishers (Patrick Stephens Ltd Bar Hill, Cambridge) of ai American-printed volume.
While the pictures and facts an impressive, I can't pretend that it's book which I find engaging; it i written in what 1 cal Americonceptese — the basic featun of which is a love of six long word when two short ones would do, an an unbridled affection fo "concepts". Not to say cliches. I stil can't make up my mind whether thi author is being intentionally funn: when he writes (of a Mr Hewitt): "hi first loves were mechanical inven tions and the great outdoors, which i work in the family glue factor: tended to stifle."