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Author Evans, Arthur G., author.

Title World War II Veterans in Motorsports
Published Jefferson : McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (203 pages)
Contents Cover; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue; 1. John Fitch; 2. Ed Hugus; 3. Paul Newman; 4. Mary Davis; 5. Bill Devin; 6. Jay Chamberlain; 7. Jack McAfee; 8. Ken Miles; 9. Jim Peterson; 10. Vasek Polak; 11. Bill Pollack; 12. Carroll Shelby; 13. John Von Neumann; 14. Rodger Ward; 15. Sam Hanks; 16. Steve McQueen; 17. Ginny Sims; 18. Shav Glick; 19. Chuck Daigh; 20. Bill Stroppe; 21. Pete Lovely; 22. Max Balchowsky; 23. Dan Gurney; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index
Summary "This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny," said President Franklin D. Roosevelt of the young Americans who grew up during the deprivation of the Great Depression and later served during World War II. The 23 described in this book went on to make their mark on the racetrack"-- Provided by publisher
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Subject Automobile racing drivers -- United States -- Biography
Motorsports -- United States -- History -- 20th century
World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
Automotive.
TRANSPORTATION.
Automobile racing drivers
Motorsports
Veterans
United States
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1476635900
9781476635903