Faster
How a Jewish Driver, an American Heiress, and a Legendary Car Beat Hitler's Best
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020.
Format: Book
Description: xxiii, 344 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
"For fans of Boys in the Boat and In the Garden of Beasts, the pulse-pounding story of how a Jewish race car driver and an American speed queen triumphed over Hitler's fearsome Silver Arrows on the eve of World War II"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
The look -- The rainmaster -- The speed queen and the old Gaulish warrior -- Crash -- The one thing -- The shadow -- A very good story -- Rally -- The winged beetle -- "Le drame du Million" -- The duel -- "One of us will die" -- "Find something" -- The dress rehearsal -- Victory at Pau.
Subjects:
Automobile racing -- History.
Automobile racing drivers -- Biography.
Discrimination in sports.
Grand Prix racing -- History.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects.
Antisemitism in sports.
Automobile racing -- History.
Automobile racing drivers -- Biography.
Discrimination in sports.
Grand Prix racing -- History.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects.
Antisemitism in sports.
ISBN:
9781328489876
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
SPORTS Motor Bas | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Nonfiction | In |
SPORTS Motor Bas | Sandhills Indoors | Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references and index.