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My Life in Motorsport: His Final Autobiography

Categorie	Autosport & Motorsport
Boeknummer	#325224-AC1
Titel	My Life in Motorsport: His Final Autobiography
Auteur	Davis, S.C.H
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	Beaworthy : Herridge & Sons
Jaar van uitgave	2007
ISBN10	1906133026
ISBN13	9781906133023
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original black boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, illustrated with b/w photographs, 4to.
Samenvatting	S C H Davis, known to friends and fans as Sammy, is one of the most popular and enduring figures in the history of British motor sport, universally remembered for his heroic, glorious victory for Bentley at Le Mans in 1927. Born in the 1880s, he experienced and was involved in the earliest days of motoring before going off to the First World War in 1914. Though injured, he survived the War and in 1919 joined the staff of The Autocar. In the 1920s he earned a reputation as a fast, reliable and intelligent driver in competition, showing a profound sympathy and understanding of machinery. This activity, along with journalism, continued into the 1950s. When hostilities broke out again in 1939, though now in his 50s and too old to enlist, he was able to wrangle his way into the war, and serve... (Lees verder)d through to 1945. This is his last autobiography, crowning the two volumes of his experiences that were published in 1932 and 1949. It was drafted in the 1960s, when he was in his 80s, but was never published.
Pagina's	191
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 10,00

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