Carl Fisher was a daredevil built for speed.
A visionary who laid the foundations of America's highways.
An innovator who saw what our nation could become.
Discover his fascinating, untold story in The Pacesetter.
CARL FISHER
Daredevil. Visionary. Innovator.
“Fisher was one of America’s great entrepreneurs...
He also was a daredevil who raced bicycles and autos; that he established the Indianapolis 500 auto race; perfected automobile headlamps; was most responsible for the building of the Lincoln highway, the country’s first transcontinental highway; and was the prime developer of Miami Beach....
Earlier essayists and reporters did not give him enough credit for being the promoter that he was.”
Howard Kleinberg
special contributor for The Miami Herald
“{Carl G. Fisher} the Miami Beach Film is one of my favorites
among all that we've done on the American Experience ...
“If the film has brought 'The Pacesetter' more attention that's all to the good.”
David McCullough
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian
WHO WAS CARL FISHER?
A GROUNDBREAKING BUILDER
Carl Fisher was the original developer of Miami Beach.
A DAREDEVIL BUILT FOR SPEED
A promoter who loved the automobile, he founded the Indy 500.
A HIGHWAY VISIONARY
whose early push to connect Americans by road gave birth to our interstate highway system.
“..a fascinating book about a fascinating but forgotten man.
Fisher doesn't white-wash his relative's faults or embellish his assets. This is a cards-on-the-table biography. The Pacesetter is heavily notated and draws on hundreds of sources to light the shadows of a marketing genius who shunned the spotlight. [It] takes Fisher through his quarrels with Miami Beach resident Al Capone, the liquor Fisher hid during Prohibition, the developer's fights with Florida anti-Semitism and racism, and the death of his only child, 26 days after the boy was born.”
–The Indianapolis Star, 4-Star Review
