Book
Faster
How a Jewish Driver, an American Heiress, and a Legendary Car Beat Hitler's Best
Neal Bascomb
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · May 4, 2021
Reading lane: Auto Racing
Winner of the Motor Press Guild Best Book of the Year Award & Dean Batchelor Award for Excellence in Automotive Journalism For fans of The Boys in the Boat and In the Garden of Beasts , a pulse-pounding tale of triumph by an improbable team of upstarts over Hitler’s fearsome Silver Arrows during the golden age of auto racing As Nazi Germany launched its campaign of racial terror and pushed the world toward war, three unlikely heroes—a driver banned from the best European teams because of his Jewish heritage, the owner of a faltering automaker company, and the adventurous daughter of an American multimillionaire—banded together to challenge Hitler’s dominance at the Grand Prix, the apex of motorsport.
At a Glance
Why This Clicks
Racing Against History
A glamorous age of Grand Prix racing meets a high-stakes challenge to Nazi dominance.
Come here for
- Auto racing with history’s darker stakes in view
- An underdog contest involving a Jewish driver and an American heiress
Expect
- A dramatic account of an upset at the Grand Prix
- Motorsport’s golden age set against the approach of war
Book Details
- Authors
- Neal Bascomb
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- May 4, 2021
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Auto Racing · Automotive History
- Reading lane
- Auto Racing
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Publisher Categories
Sports Lives
German History
Jewish History
World War II History
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20th-Century History
Social History
Sports History
Motor Sports
About This Book
Winner of the Motor Press Guild Best Book of the Year Award & Dean Batchelor Award for Excellence in Automotive Journalism For fans of The Boys in the Boat and In the Garden of Beasts , a pulse-pounding tale of triumph by an improbable team of upstarts over Hitler’s fearsome Silver Arrows during the golden age of auto racing As Nazi Germany launched its campaign of racial terror and pushed the world toward war, three unlikely heroes—a driver banned from the best European tea...
