Description: Hard Driving : The 1908 Auto Race from New York to Paris, Paperback by Cole, Dermot, ISBN 1602234027, ISBN-13 9781602234024, Brand New, Free shipping in the US 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.
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Book Title: Hard Driving : the 1908 Auto Race from New York to Paris
Number of Pages: 250 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: University of Alaska Press
Item Height: 1 in
Topic: Motor Sports
Publication Year: 2020
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Sports & Recreation
Item Weight: 18.1 Oz
Author: Dermot Cole
Item Length: 9 in
Book Series: Classic Reprint Ser.
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
