Classic Reprint: Hard Driving (2nd Edition)

The 1908 Auto Race from New York to Paris

Classic Reprint: Hard Driving (2nd Edition)
Dermot Cole
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Paperback
h229 x 152mm - 250pg
15 May 2020
International import eta 10-30 days
9781602234024
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In the winter of 1908, six cars left Times Square bound for Paris. They were embarking on a remarkable motor race across the world that would capture everyone's imagination. In this book, Dermot Cole weaves a thrilling account of the improbable journey west from New York to Paris, the varied characters, and the nascent automobile industry. Drawing from the drivers' journals and extensive newspaper reports, Cole details the many hardships, triangulations, and physical extremes encountered along the route as the drivers attempted to race from coast to coast, cross the Bering Strait to Russia, traverse Siberia, and onward.Hard Driving delves beyond the riveting headlines to explore the race's implications for global politics and diplomacy and how the automobile became a viable mode of transportation.

Hard Driving: The 1908 Auto Race from New York to Paris

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ISBN-13: 9781602234024
Published: 15 May 2020
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Imprint: University of Alaska Press
Publisher: University of Alaska Press
Format: Paperback
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine: 0mm
Pages: 250

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