Peter Holthusen recalls the challenges, dangers, disappointments, tragedies and triumphs that have characterized record-breaking attempts from the very beginning. Holthusen reconsiders the famous careers of Frenchman Camille Jenatzy and Leon Serpollet William K. Vanderbilt Jr., the Honorable Charles Rolls, Henry Ford, Barney Oldfield and Louis Chevrolet, who were among the great sporting legends of their time and he relives the more recent rivalries of a later generation. He asks why these exceptional individuals are ...
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Peter Holthusen recalls the challenges, dangers, disappointments, tragedies and triumphs that have characterized record-breaking attempts from the very beginning. Holthusen reconsiders the famous careers of Frenchman Camille Jenatzy and Leon Serpollet William K. Vanderbilt Jr., the Honorable Charles Rolls, Henry Ford, Barney Oldfield and Louis Chevrolet, who were among the great sporting legends of their time and he relives the more recent rivalries of a later generation. He asks why these exceptional individuals are prepared to risk their lives and their fortunes in order to become the fastest man on earth.
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Add this copy of The Fastest Men on Earth to cart. $4.56, very good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Reno rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Reno, NV, UNITED STATES, published 1999 by Sutton Publishing.
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. Book. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Black cloth-effect boards, lettered in gold foil. As issued. Color pictorial dust jacket shows very slight surface rubbing, short closed tear along bottom front edge, now in mylar. 2nd ptg. : 2000. viii, 216 pp., illus.
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Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar). 4to. Illustrated in black, white and color. Foreword by Art Arfons. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition.
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