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Frank B. Scholl

A practical early motoring writer, he is known for explaining how cars work in plain, useful terms. His surviving book turns the mechanics of the 1920 automobile into something approachable for everyday owners and drivers.

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The automobile owner's guide

The automobile owner's guide

by Frank B. Scholl

About the author

Frank B. Scholl is a little-documented author best known for The Automobile Owner's Guide, published by D. Appleton and Company in 1920. The book was written as a hands-on manual for motorists, covering automobile operation, maintenance, and repair in a way meant to be understandable to non-specialists.

Available catalog records and library listings consistently identify him through this work, and major public-domain sources currently list only this title under his name. That makes him less a widely profiled literary figure than a clear, practical voice from the early age of everyday car ownership.

Because reliable biographical details about his life are scarce in the sources reviewed, it is safest to remember him through the book itself: a concise, mechanically minded guide aimed at helping ordinary people feel more confident with their vehicles.