About The Book

"{Carl G. Fisher} the Miami Beach Film is one of my favorites among all that we've done on the American Experience....But if the film has brought "The Pacesetter" more attention that's all to the good."                                                        --- David McCullough

“It [The Pacesetter] will be Carl Fisher’s coming-out party.
Since his death in 1939 at the age of 65, his life and accom-
plishments have been slipping into obscurity. Fisher was one of
America’s great entrepreneurs, but too few today are aware that
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....Fisher’s imagination and creativity were great.However, 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.

This is a newly revised addition of the 1998 publication of The Pacesetter by Jerry Fisher. This book was the recipient of

The National Award of The Antique Automobile Club of America

The Society of the Automotive Historians Cugnot Award of Distinction