| Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans Contributor(s): Baime, A. J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0547336055 ISBN-13: 9780547336053 Publisher: Mariner Books OUR PRICE: $16.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Motor Sports - History | Modern - 20th Century - Sports & Recreation | History |
| Dewey: 796.720 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.2" W x 7.9" (0.70 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
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| Publisher Description: The epic story also told in the film FORD V. FERRARI: By the early 1960s, the Ford Motor Company, built to bring automobile transportation to the masses, was falling behind. Young Henry Ford II, who had taken the reins of his grandfather's company with little business experience to speak of, knew he had to do something to shake things up. Baby boomers were taking to the road in droves, looking for speed not safety, style not comfort. Meanwhile, Enzo Ferrari, whose cars epitomized style, lorded it over the European racing scene. He crafted beautiful sports cars, "science fiction on wheels," but was also called "the Assassin" because so many drivers perished while racing them. Go Like Hell tells the remarkable story of how Henry Ford II, with the help of a young visionary named Lee Iacocca and a former racing champion turned engineer, Carroll Shelby, concocted a scheme to reinvent the Ford company. They would enter the high-stakes world of European car racing, where an adventurous few threw safety and sanity to the wind. They would design, build, and race a car that could beat Ferrari at his own game at the most prestigious and brutal race in the world, something no American car had ever done. Go Like Hell transports readers to a risk-filled, glorious time in this brilliant portrait of a rivalry between two industrialists, the cars they built, and the "pilots" who would drive them to victory, or doom. |
Contributor Bio(s): Baime, A. J.: - A. J. BAIME is the New York Times best-selling author of The Arsenal of Democracy: FDR, Detroit, and an Epic Quest to Arm an America at War and Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans. His latest book, The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World, was published in 2017. Baime is a longtime regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal, and his articles have also appeared in the New York Times, Popular Science, and Men's Journal. He holds an MA in literature from NYU and currently lives in Granite Bay, California. Visit A. J. at Facebook.com/ajbaime and Trumanbook.com. |