The Story of Marc Hartmann
On the day of February 2, 1906 Mr. And Mrs. Hartmann’s new child, Marc, was born into the world. This just so happened to be same year of the San Francisco quake killing at least 3000 people. Ironically that quake shook the world the same day we landed in America. Perhaps it was a sign... Anyways, I was born into a fairly well off German family living in Mannheim, Germany.
Maximilian, my father (who prefers to be called Max for short), was born in 1884. In his early years he grew fascinated with the idea of the horseless carriage. As a young teenager he was lucky enough to land an apprenticeship with a well known mechanical engineer in Germany, Karl Benz. Mr. Benz’ passion, as well as my father’s, was in the design and development of the horseless carriage and the internal combustion engine, or more commonly known as the automobile. Mr. Benz was the first man to produce a practical automobile powered by internal combustion engine (with my......
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