Faster : how a Jewish driver, an American heiress, and a legendary car beat Hitler's best / Neal Bas...
Faster : how a Jewish driver, an American heiress, and a legendary car beat Hitler's best / Neal Bas...
Faster : how a Jewish driver, an American heiress, and a legendary car beat Hitler's best / Neal Bascomb.
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Publisher
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020.
Call Numbers
G 2020/2611
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xxiii, 344 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
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.
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Publisher
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
2020.
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Summary
"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.
They were the unlikeliest of heroes. René Dreyfus, a former top driver on the international race car circuit, had been banned from the best teams - and fastest cars - by the mid-1930s because of his Jewish heritage. Charles Weiffenbach, head of the down-on-its-luck automaker Delahaye, was desperately trying to save his company as the world teetere...
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Faster : how a Jewish driver, an American heiress, and a legendary car beat Hitler's best / Neal Bascomb.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Date Copyright
©2020
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G 2020/2611
Record Identifier
74VKaPxzR0kA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaPxzR0kA
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ISBN
9781328489876 hardcover
1328489876 hardcover
DDC
796.7209
MMS ID
991024315916802626
