The Limit Michael Cannell

Name: The Limit By Michael Cannell
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The Limit by Michael Cannell

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Summary

A glittering account of Formula One's deadliest and most glamorous era, in which sporting rivalry led to fatal consequences, culminating in the explosive championship battle of the 1961 Italian Grand Prix: 'an era in which drivers were heroic and glamorous and had death as a constant cockpit companion' Sunday Times

The Limit Summary

The Limit: Life and Death in Formula One's Most Dangerous Era by Michael Cannell

10 September 1961: at the boomerang-shaped racetrack at Monza half a dozen teams are preparing for the Italian Grand Prix. It is the biggest race anyone can remember. Phil Hill - the first
American to break into the top ranks of European racing - and his Ferrari teammate, Count Wolfgang von Trips - a German nobleman with a movie-star manner - face one another in a race that will decide the winner of the Formula One drivers' championship. By the day's end, one man will clinch that prize. The other will perish face down on the track.

Seeped in danger, seductive glamour and burning rivalry, this is the story of two young men living in the shadow of oblivion and dicing with death.

The Limit Reviews

Terrific... A quite remarkable book which every motor sport aficionado will want to read -- Murray Walker
A compelling story - shocking, sad, tragic and very human - about men who willingly drove with the Grim Reaper and what motivated them to do so. -- Duncan Hamilton
The days of true motor-racing romance are long gone, but are superbly evoked... Cannell tells a story of heroism and carnage. * Independent *

About Michael Cannell

Michael Cannell has written about sports for the New Yorker, the New York Times Magazine, Sports Illustrated and Outside, and was editor of the New York Times House & Home section for seven years. His previous book, the critically acclaimed I.M. Pei: Mandarin of Modernism, was published in 1995 by Crown.

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GOR008656819

ISBN 13

9781848872240

ISBN 10

1848872240

Title

The Limit: Life and Death in Formula One's Most Dangerous Era by Michael Cannell

Author

Michael Cannell

Condition

Used - Like New

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Atlantic Books

Year published

20120601

Number of pages

336

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Cover note

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Note

The book has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket is included if applicable. No missing or damaged pages, no tears, possible very minimal creasing, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins