Speed Duel: The Inside Story of the Land Speed Record in the Sixties (Paperback)

from jztemple

An excellent telling of the history of the attempts on the Land Speed Record in the late 1950s and into the 1960s. The author's story telling style reminds me of "Seabiscuit" by Laura Hillenbrand, engaging and atmospheric, yet factual and detailed. Fans of the technical details of the vehicles mi...

from bgeoghegan

A top-notch history of the Land Speed Record in the 1960s. I finished my first read of Speed Duel on the day after starting it. The story telling is that good. Revisiting it a year later was just as enjoyable. Samuel Hawley interviewed many if not most of the surviving subjects and it shows in th...

from jztemple

An excellent telling of the history of the attempts on the Land Speed Record in the late 1950s and into the 1960s. The author's story telling style reminds me of "Seabiscuit" by Laura Hillenbrand, engaging and atmospheric, yet factual and detailed. Fans of the technical details of the vehicles mi...

from bgeoghegan

A top-notch history of the Land Speed Record in the 1960s. I finished my first read of Speed Duel on the day after starting it. The story telling is that good. Revisiting it a year later was just as enjoyable. Samuel Hawley interviewed many if not most of the surviving subjects and it shows in th...