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Fenster, J. M. (Julie M.)

Race of the century : the heroic true story of the 1908 New York to Paris auto race / Julie M. Fenster.

1st ed.

New York : Crown Publishers, ©2005.

vii, 387 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Provides an account of a 1908 New York to Paris auto race that took the competitors westward across the United States, aboard a boat to the Far East, across Japan to a trek across Siberia, Asia, and Eastern Europe to Paris.

New York to Paris Race, 1908.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-383).

Holiday -- A race course -- Heroes wanted -- Race to the starting line -- To defend America against the world -- One down in New York -- Towpath sprint -- Act of war -- Snow spray -- Combustion -- Gumbo -- A single room in Chicago -- Cheyenne -- On strike -- Rockies -- Pioneer tracks -- California postcard -- Death in the desert -- Sharp turns -- The Japanese countryside -- Second start -- Sportsmanship -- Wild east -- Blue water -- Flash flood -- Out in front -- The favor of the czar -- New York to Paris -- Young men in the morning -- The men and the cars.

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