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Author Bascomb, Neal, author.

Title Faster : how a Jewish driver, an American heiress, and a legendary car beat Hitler's best / Neal Bascomb.

Publisher Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2020]
©2020

ISBN 9781328489876 (hardcover)



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 Heatherdowns Branch Adult  796.7209 Bas    AVAILABLE  ---
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Description xxiii, 344 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Contents The look -- The rainmaster -- The American 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.
Subject(S) Automobile racing -- History.
Automobile racing drivers -- Biography.
Discrimination in sports.
Grand Prix racing -- History.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects.
Biographies.
ISBN 9781328489876 (hardcover)