Speed kings : the 1932 Winter Olympics and the fastest men in the world
2015, First Edition. New York : AVERY, an imprint of Penguin Random House. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. Item #273791
ISBN: 1592409091
Physical description; xiii, 290 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Summary; Traces the efforts of four American athletes from disparate backgrounds to win the gold medal for bobsledding during the 1932 Olympics, profiling how the American public, deep in the grip of the Great Depression, rallied around their achievements. Subject; Bobsledding -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Price: €9.95