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Go like hell : Ford, Ferrari, and their battle for speed and glory at Le Mans / A.J. Baime.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection GV1029.15 .B35 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Baime, A. J. (Albert J.)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Grand Prix racing--History.
- Grand Prix racing.
- Sports cars--United States--History.
- Sports cars.
- Ford, Henry, II, 1917-1987.
- Ford, Henry.
- Iacocca, Lee A.
- Shelby, Carroll, 1923-2012.
- Shelby, Carroll.
- Industrialists--United States--History.
- Industrialists.
- Automobile engineers--United States--History.
- Automobile engineers.
- Automobiles--United States--Design and construction--History.
- Automobiles.
- Sports cars--United States--Design and construction.
- Ford Motor Company--History.
- Ford Motor Company.
- Ferrari automobile--History.
- Ferrari automobile.
- Automobiles--Design and construction.
- Sports cars--Design and construction.
- United States.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 304 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 21 cm
- Edition:
- First Mariner books edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Mariner Books, 2010.
- Summary:
- By the early 1960s, the Ford Motor Company was falling behind. Young Henry Ford II, who had taken the reins with little business experience, 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, was crafting beautiful sports cars, "science fiction on wheels," but was also called "the Assassin" because so many drivers perished while racing them. This is the 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 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.--From publisher description
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-283) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Miller Fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 9780547336053
- 0547336055
- OCLC:
- 441153166
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