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The Fastest Men on Earth

100 Years of the Land Speed Record

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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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The Fastest Men on Earth, Peter J. R. Holthusen, Art Arfons

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1999
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Titul
The Fastest Men on Earth
Podtitul
100 Years of the Land Speed Record
Jazyk
anglicky
Vydavateľ
Sutton Pub Ltd
Rok vydania
1999
Väzba
pevná
Počet strán
216
ISBN10
0750922036
ISBN13
9780750922036
Série
Hodnotenie
3 z 5
Anotácia
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.