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(5) | None | Adrenaline offers all the thrills and power of speed with exhilarating writing about NASCAR, speed records, third-world road trips, driving in war zones, getaways, "pick-up" competitions (drag races and games of chicken), and all the other activities that offer adventure on wheels. Speed includes passages from Road Fever by erstwhile adventurer Tim Cahill; a selection from Charles Portis's anarchic The Dog of the South; a description of driving across Africa from Stuart Stephens's Malaria Dreams; E. B. White's elegiac essay on the Model T; a piece from Roads by Larry McMurtry; a selection from The Wildest Ride: A History of NASCAR; and more. 16 black-and-white photos heighten these pulse-pounding stories.… (more) |
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None ▾Book descriptions Adrenaline offers all the thrills and power of speed with exhilarating writing about NASCAR, speed records, third-world road trips, driving in war zones, getaways, "pick-up" competitions (drag races and games of chicken), and all the other activities that offer adventure on wheels. Speed includes passages from Road Fever by erstwhile adventurer Tim Cahill; a selection from Charles Portis's anarchic The Dog of the South; a description of driving across Africa from Stuart Stephens's Malaria Dreams; E. B. White's elegiac essay on the Model T; a piece from Roads by Larry McMurtry; a selection from The Wildest Ride: A History of NASCAR; and more. 16 black-and-white photos heighten these pulse-pounding stories. ▾Library descriptions No library descriptions found. ▾LibraryThing members' description
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- From A Little Bit Sideways / Scott Huler
- From Indy: The World's Fastest Carnival Ride / Dan Gerber
- From Riding the Demon / Peter Chilson
- From Malaria Dreams: An African Adventure / Stuart Stevens
- From The Last American Hero / Tom Wolfe
- From On the Road / Jack Kerouac
- From Road Fever: A High-Speed Travelogue / Tim Cahill
- A.J. / A.J. Foyt and William Neely
- From A Boot Full of Right Arms / Evan Green
- From The Sweet Hereafter / Russell Banks
- From The Dog of the South / Charles Portis
- Many Miles per Hour / William Saroyan
- Driver / Frederick Barthelme
- From The Bonfire of the Vanities / Tom Wolfe
- The Car / Harry Crews
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