Motor Racing: The Golden Age: Extraordinary Images from 1900 to 1970 (Golden Age S.)
by John Tennant, Jackie Stewart
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Author: Jackie Stewart, John TennantEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-03-01
ISBN: 1844032035
Number of pages: 144
Publisher: Cassell
Book Reviews of Motor Racing: The Golden Age: Extraordinary Images from 1900 to 1970 (Golden Age S.)
Book Review: Excellent Pics But Lacks Organization
Summary: 4 Stars
This coffee-table sized book has a lot of excellent pics of European, and, to a lesser extent, American, auto racing from the early 1900's to the late 1960's. We see pics of the cars, the races, the circuits, the drivers, the spectators, the accidents, and the personalities. There is virtually no text apart from the captions, so many of the pictures raise more questions than they answer. ("How did that race car end up on the roof of that house? What was that house doing so close to a race track? Or is it a house? And what happened to the driver?") The pics are thus excellent fuel for the imagination and for further research.
Fans of racing in the 50's and 60's might be disappointed - as I was - that more than half of the pics are from the pre-1950's era. Also, the fact that the pics are not in chronological order - or in any order or grouping - makes it hard to find a particular pic that you might want to show someone.
Still, it's a good price for a book of this size, and the pics are very good, even if weighted towards the old, old days.
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