The limit : life and death on the 1961 Grand Prix Circuit
(2011)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
796.72/CANNELL,M

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Adult Nonfiction 796.72/CANNELL,M Available

Details

PUBLISHED
New York, NY : Twelve, 2011
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION

xv, 318 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9780446554725, 0446554723, 0446554723 :
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Prologue -- An air of truth -- A song of twelve cylinders -- This race will kill us all -- The road to Modena -- Pope of the north -- Count von Crash -- Garibaldini -- Ten-tenths -- Birth of the Sharknose -- 1961 -- Pista magica -- Epilogue

Traces the story of the first American to win the Grand Prix championship in 1961. Phil Hill, a mechanic from California, jockeyed for the top spot against German count Wolfgang Von Trips and Enzo Ferrari of the Ferrari racing empire

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