Speed Kings : The 1932 Winter Olympics and the Fastest Men in the World (Hardcover)

from JCGirl

.The Speed Kings is a fascinating look at the 1932 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid and the incredible bobsledder's who were the featured highlight of the games. These were a group of adventures men, who had no exceptional talent on the ice. The only experienced member of the team was Billy Fiske w...

from whitreidtan

Adrenalin. Risk takers. Dare devils. Speed junkies. Some people are just built to pursue thrills. They thrill to the feeling of air whistling past their faces and sights flashing in their peripheral vision too fast to make out. Others of us are content to watch these people hurtle down hills and ...

from GaryLeeJones

Speed Kings is a thorough account of the principal figures on the US Olympic bobsledding team at Lake Placid in 1932. The story is rich in complexities--the personalities and backgrounds of the athletes, the maneuverings of the Lake Placid Winter Olympic management, and the looming of another war...

from bbofje

Once again The Library Thing Early Reviewers has provided me with both a genre and author I would normally not have chosen. Speed Kings by Andy Bull was about the 1932 Winter Olympics and the bob sled teams. There was lots of history and personal details about the men involved. The book was both ...

from mrmapcase

Well, you can certainly gain a profound understanding of all the people involved, as Bull provides a very detailed back story of every major person involved. I am surprised at the amount of detail packed into a relatively short book and it gives the reader an intimate view into the lives of early...