Go Like Hell
Ford, Ferrari and their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans
$34.89
- Paperback
432 pages
- Release Date
1 March 2010
Summary
Ferrari vs Ford - in the race to build the fastest car the world had ever seen.
In the 1960s Enzo Ferrari emerged as the dominant force in sports cars in the world, creating speed machines that were unbeatable on the race track. In America, the Ford Motor Company was quickly losing ground as the pre-eminent brand. Henry Ford II saw a solution. He decided to declare war on Ferrari, to build a faster car than anything Ferrari had brought to the track, and to beat him at the world’s bigg…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780553818390 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0553818392 |
| Author: | A.J. Baime |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Bantam Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Release Date: | 1 March 2010 |
| Weight: | 294g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 26mm |
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A must-buy for any motorsports fan
A must-buy for any motorsports fan * Daily Express *
All I can say is: Wow!…If you like cars - nay, if you have ever seen a car - you must read this book! – Garth Stein, bestselling author of The Art of Racing in the Rain
Go Like Hell is a wonder, chuck-a-block with great heroes and villains, a pedal-to-the metal account of greed and gumption, a chronicle of obsession and vain glory. Don’t worry about that seat belt. Just go for the ride. – Leigh Montville, author of At the Altar of Speed
Reliving the titanic battles between Ford and Ferrari that payed out in the mid-sixties at Le Mans … a riveting read * Choice Magazine *
About The Author
A.J. Baime
A. J. Baime is the New York Times bestselling author of THE ARSENAL OF DEMOCRACY and GO LIKE HELL, which has been optioned for a major motion picture. A former editor at Playboy, he is a regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal and his work has appeared in the New York Times, Popular Science and Men’s Journal. He lives in Granite Bay, California.
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