Edward Bellamy Partridge, who also wrote under the name Bellamy Partridge, Thomas Bailey, and Bailey, was an American writer known for his books about turn-of-the-century life in the United States. He also wrote in 1952 “Fill’er Up! The Story of Fifty Years of Motoring”. Much is first hand experience and personal interviews. Delightful. Other books by “Sube Cane”, “Cousins”, “Amundsen: The Splendid Norseman”, “A Pretty Pickle”, “Pure and Simple”, “Sir Billy Howe: Life of the Gay Revolutionary General”, “Long Night”, “Horse and Buggy”, “The Roosevelt Family in America”, “An Imperial Saga”, “Get a Horse”, “Thunder Shower”, “January Thaw”, “Excuse My Dust”, “Big Freeze”, and “The Old Oaken Bucket”. With Dr. Otto Bettmann “As We Were”. No. 1 on The New York Times Nonfiction best seller list for 7 weeks, from the issue of November 6, 1939. Wiki link