The Resource Faster : how a Jewish driver, an American heiress, and a legendary car beat Hitler's best, Neal Bascomb
Faster : how a Jewish driver, an American heiress, and a legendary car beat Hitler's best, Neal Bascomb
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The item Faster : how a Jewish driver, an American heiress, and a legendary car beat Hitler's best, Neal Bascomb represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Evanston Public Library.
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- Summary
- "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 teetered at the brink. And Lucy Schell, the adventurous daughter of an American multi-millionaire, yearned to reclaim the glory of her rally-driving days. As Nazi Germany launched its campaign of racial terror and pushed the world toward war, these three misfits banded together to challenge Hitler's dominance at the apex of motorsport: the Grand Prix. Their quest for redemption culminated in a remarkable race that is still talked about in racing circles to this day--but which, soon after it ended, Hitler attempted to completely erase from history"--Dust jacket flap
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xxiii, 344 pages
- Contents
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- 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
- Isbn
- 9781328489876
- Label
- Faster : how a Jewish driver, an American heiress, and a legendary car beat Hitler's best
- Title
- Faster
- Title remainder
- how a Jewish driver, an American heiress, and a legendary car beat Hitler's best
- Statement of responsibility
- Neal Bascomb
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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 teetered at the brink. And Lucy Schell, the adventurous daughter of an American multi-millionaire, yearned to reclaim the glory of her rally-driving days. As Nazi Germany launched its campaign of racial terror and pushed the world toward war, these three misfits banded together to challenge Hitler's dominance at the apex of motorsport: the Grand Prix. Their quest for redemption culminated in a remarkable race that is still talked about in racing circles to this day--but which, soon after it ended, Hitler attempted to completely erase from history"--Dust jacket flap
- Biography type
- collective biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Bascomb, Neal
- Dewey number
- 796.7209
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- GV1029.15
- LC item number
- .B347 2020
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Dreyfus, René
- Schell, Lucy
- Société des automobiles Delahaye
- Automobile racing
- Automobile racing drivers
- Discrimination in sports
- Grand Prix racing
- World War, 1939-1945
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Faster : how a Jewish driver, an American heiress, and a legendary car beat Hitler's best, Neal Bascomb
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-329) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xxiii, 344 pages
- Isbn
- 9781328489876
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)on1105149056
- (OCoLC)1105149056
- 2492846
- 2493876
- 2500385
- 2156298
- 2156298
- (OCoLC)on1105149056
- (OCoLC)1105149056
- Label
- Faster : how a Jewish driver, an American heiress, and a legendary car beat Hitler's best, Neal Bascomb
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-329) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xxiii, 344 pages
- Isbn
- 9781328489876
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)on1105149056
- (OCoLC)1105149056
- 2492846
- 2493876
- 2500385
- 2156298
- 2156298
- (OCoLC)on1105149056
- (OCoLC)1105149056
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