
Blood and Smoke
A True Tale of Mystery, Mayhem, and the Birth of the Indy 500
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Charles Leerhsen
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Hear the heart-pounding, engine-revving true story of the first Indy 500 - America’s most celebrated automobile race.
In 1911, thousands of spectators gathered at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway to watch 40 cars compete in the first annual Indianapolis 500-Mile Race. Better known as the Indy 500, the event was a celebration of the controversial new sport of automobile racing.
Dangerous and deadly, auto racing was drawing attention from across the country with its thrilling premise: No windshields, no helmets, no seatbelts - just speed. Fans would flock to race tracks to watch gutsy young men go up to 75 miles per hour in open cockpits.
But with fame came complications. Seven people were killed when the Indianapolis Motor Speedway first opened. Racers’ wives became widows in the blink of an eye. Drivers encountered exploding tires, bursts of smoke, oily surfaces and pieces of asphalt flying at their faces - not to mention the wrenches and bolts thrown by unruly opponents gunning for the lead. And, while Marmon Wasp driver Ray Harroun was officially declared the winner of the first Indy 500, the decision is disputed to this day by fans and officials of the sport.
Listen to Blood and Smoke and go back to when America was first falling in love with automobile racing. Take the driver’s seat on this audio-venture and experience the early days of the Indy 500, the controversies that shaped this iconic race, and the young drivers who risked everything for fame, fortune, and first place.
©2011 Charles Leerhsen. (P)2020 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.Los oyentes también disfrutaron...
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In many ways, Henry Ford's story is well-known; in many more ways, it is not. Richard Snow masterfully weaves together a fascinating narrative of Ford's rise to fame through his greatest invention, the Model T. A highly pleasurable listen, filled with scenes and incidents from Ford's life, I Invented the Modern Age shows Richard Snow at the height of his powers as a popular historian and reclaims from history Henry Ford, the remarkable man who, indeed, invented the modern world as we know it.
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A Complicated Man
- De Jean en 11-23-13
De: Richard Snow
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Fins
- Harley Earl, the Rise of General Motors, and the Glory Days of Detroit
- De: William Knoedelseder
- Narrado por: Peter Berkrot
- Duración: 9 h y 3 m
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This audiobook chronicles the birth and rise to greatness of the American auto industry through the life of Harley Earl, an eccentric six-foot-five, stuttering visionary who dropped out of college and went on to invent the profession of automobile styling, thereby revolutionized the way cars were made, marketed, and even imagined. Harleys Earl’s story qualifies as a bona fide American family saga. It began in the Michigan pine forest in the years after the Civil War, traveled across the Great Plains on the wheels of a covered wagon, and eventually settled in Hollywood, California.
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Great report of amazing history but could do without the WOKE lean..
- De joshua Shaw en 07-02-22
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
- Out of the Shadow of Greatness
- De: Michael Hembree
- Narrado por: Robert Sams
- Duración: 2 h y 1 m
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The story of NASCAR's legendary racer - newly revised Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s name virtually assured that his life would not be ordinary. Over the past decade, he has fulfilled that destiny. His father, one of the most successful drivers in the history of international motorsports, gave his son more than his name. Dale Earnhardt Sr. placed Dale Jr. in position to follow the footsteps and tire tracks he had left from Darlington to Daytona, from coast to coast, from one championship to the next.
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do better research
- De David Thom en 08-05-22
De: Michael Hembree
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Engines of Change
- A History of the American Dream in Fifteen Cars
- De: Paul Ingrassia
- Narrado por: Sean Runnette
- Duración: 11 h y 56 m
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America was made manifest by its cars. From the assembly lines of Henry Ford to the open roads of Route 66 and Jack Kerouac, America's history is a vehicular history-an idea brought brilliantly to life in this major work by the acclaimed author of Crash Course: The American Automobile Industry's Road from Glory to Disaster.
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Cars, Computers, and "Engines of Change"
- De Joshua Kim en 06-17-12
De: Paul Ingrassia
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Disney's Land
- Walt Disney and the Invention of the Amusement Park That Changed the World
- De: Richard Snow
- Narrado por: Jacques Roy
- Duración: 12 h y 1 m
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This is a spectacular story of error and innovation, a wild ride from a vision to the realization of an iconic cultural landscape. It reflects the park’s uniqueness, but just as strongly that of the man who built it with a watchmaker’s precision, an artist’s conviction, and the desperate, high-hearted recklessness of a riverboat gambler.
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Okay, but better books on the subject
- De J.D. en 12-07-19
De: Richard Snow
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Battle for the Big Top
- P.T. Barnum, James Bailey, John Ringling, and the Death-Defying Saga of the American Circus
- De: Les Standiford
- Narrado por: B.J. Harrison
- Duración: 10 h y 13 m
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Millions have sat under the “big top,” watching as trapeze artists glide and clowns entertain, but few know the captivating stories behind the men whose creativity, ingenuity, and determination created one of our country’s most beloved pastimes. In Battle for the Big Top, New York Times best-selling author Les Standiford brings to life a remarkable era when three circus kings - James Bailey, P. T. Barnum, and John Ringling - all vied for control of the vastly profitable and influential American Circus.
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Fantastic!
- De IsleWait en 09-30-22
De: Les Standiford
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One Summer
- America, 1927
- De: Bill Bryson
- Narrado por: Bill Bryson
- Duración: 17 h y 3 m
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One of the most admired nonfiction writers of our time retells the story of one truly fabulous year in the life of his native country - a fascinating and gripping narrative featuring such outsized American heroes as Charles Lindbergh, Babe Ruth, and yes Herbert Hoover, and a gallery of criminals (Al Capone), eccentrics (Shipwreck Kelly), and close-mouthed politicians (Calvin Coolidge). It was the year Americans attempted and accomplished outsized things and came of age in a big, brawling manner. What a country. What a summer. And what a writer to bring it all so vividly alive.
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Why 1927?
- De Mark en 10-18-13
De: Bill Bryson
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The Beast, the Emperor and the Milkman
- A Bone-Shaking Tour Through Cycling’s Flemish Heartlands
- De: Harry Pearson
- Narrado por: Harry Pearson
- Duración: 8 h y 30 m
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Committed Belgophile and road cycling obsessive Harry Pearson takes you on a journey across Flanders - through the lumpy horizontal rain, up the elbow-juddering cobbled inclines, past the fans dressed as chickens and the shop window displays of constipation medicines as he follows races big, small and even smaller, through one glorious, muddy spring. Ranging over 500 years of Flemish and European history, Pearson examines the characters, the myths and the rivalries that make Flanders a place where cycling is a religion and the riders its Lycra-clad priests.
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Once A Year….
- De Ryan Shadrin en 05-02-23
De: Harry Pearson
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The Top Gear Story
- De: Martin Roach
- Narrado por: Jerome Pride
- Duración: 7 h y 47 m
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This is the full story of the unstoppable rise of Clarkson, Hammond, May and The Stig – and how they have transformed an ordinary programme about cars into one of the most famous and best-loved TV programmes of the 21st century. Reaching a peak in the 1990s thanks to presenter Jeremy Clarkson, the original series then faced the axe in 2001 – but Clarkson and producer Andy Wilman successfully pitched a new format to BBC bosses and Top Gear returned to become the irreverent, funny and often controversial show we now know and love.
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I wish I had bought something else
- De Thomas en 03-12-12
De: Martin Roach
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Three Weeks, Eight Seconds
- Greg Lemond, Laurent Fignon, and the Epic Tour de France of 1989
- De: Nige Tassell
- Narrado por: Shaun Grindell
- Duración: 8 h y 33 m
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For a race as long as the mighty Tour (three weeks of testing the limits of human endurance), to have the ultimate victory decided by a margin of just eight seconds almost boggles the mind. But that's exactly what happened between American legend Greg LeMond and Laurent Fignon. After more than 2,000 miles in the saddle, it remains the smallest margin of victory in the Tour's 100-plus-year history.
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LOVED IT!
- De Ashley Green en 07-03-23
De: Nige Tassell
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Ingenious
- A True Story of Invention, Automotive Daring, and the Race to Revive America
- De: Jason Fagone
- Narrado por: Adam Verner
- Duración: 12 h y 6 m
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In 2007, the X Prize Foundation announced that it would give $10 million to anyone who could build a safe, mass-producible car that could travel one hundred miles on the energy equivalent of a gallon of gas. The challenge attracted more than one hundred teams from all over the world, including dozens of amateurs. Many designed their cars entirely from scratch, rejecting decades of thinking about what a car should look like.
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Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels.
- De Shamu from New York en 12-07-13
De: Jason Fagone
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To Dakar and Back
- 21 Days Across North Africa by Motorcycle
- De: Lawrence Hacking, Wil De Clercq
- Narrado por: Mike Chamberlain
- Duración: 11 h y 39 m
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Recounting the three weeks of blood, sweat, and tearsthat make up a 7,000 mile journey from the glitzy streets of Paris to the hinterland of northwestern Africa, this incredible tale highlights the most arduous and notorious off-road motorsports event on the planet, the Paris-Dakar Rally. Since its inception in 1979, the rally has attracted more than 3,000 participants from all walks of life.
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Great tale, not great narration
- De Catherine Perkins en 07-12-16
De: Lawrence Hacking, y otros
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How to Build a Car
- De: Adrian Newey
- Narrado por: Richard Trinder
- Duración: 12 h y 26 m
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The world's foremost designer in Formula One, Adrian Newey OBE is arguably one of Britain's greatest engineers and this is his fascinating, powerful memoir. How to Build a Car explores the story of Adrian's unrivalled 35-year career in Formula One through the prism of the cars he has designed, the drivers he has worked alongside and the races in which he's been involved.
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Snooze fest
- De moo en 02-09-20
De: Adrian Newey
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- Jason
- 07-12-23
Decent book about the first Indy 500
The author tells the story about the first Indianapolis 500 in 1911. He goes in depth behind the events that led to the 500 mile running as well as the race itself. It’s a decent book.
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- Martin S.
- 09-14-20
Very Enjoyable
I bought this book for a 10 hour road trip and it kept me engaged the entire time. The book is a wild journey of how the first Indy 500 was created along with stories of the young drivers that risked their lives and even died in the madness of the new sport of automobile racing.
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- DJ
- 06-21-22
Finely read and enjoyable listen.
I don't understand the hatred of the few mispronounced names. It was good. I mean, so what if he didn't pronounce "sneva" or "rahal" correctly. His reading pace and tone is top notch. And I put much more emphasis on that, than individual words.
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- Daniel Hunt
- 09-02-23
I thought it’d be more about the race
This is a good listen, I thought it would be more about the race. About 25% of the book is about how’s cars came about, witch is interesting but I was hoping fore a little more about the track and details about the first race. Still a good book by all means.
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- Dave H.
- 07-30-22
Fine performance of questionable history
Charles Leerhsen is best known for "Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty" and this book fits into the same category of "Isn't it easy to imagine?" history of early 20th-century sports. His most common trick is to question a sportswriter's ethics in one chapter before citing him as impeccable source in the next. He tells a great story, but without convincing you of its truth.
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