The fast set : three extraordinary men and their race for the land speed record
Jennings, Charles, 1956-2004
Books, Manuscripts
The author tracks the fascinating lives of the obsessive fast-car record-breakers of the 1920s-1940s. The way society seized upon them and made them front page news and the way they struggled with fear, rivalry, the world's expectations and death made them part of a startling phenomenon which burnt out as suddenly as it had arrived.
Main title:
The fast set : three extraordinary men and their race for the land speed record / Charles Jennings.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Little, Brown, 2004.
Collation:
[vii], 342 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
ISBN:
03168619019780316861908
Dewey class:
796.7'2'0922796.720922796.72
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
313244