Speed: Stories of Survival from Behind the Wheel
by Clint Willis (Series editor), Nate Hardcastle (Editor)
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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 show more 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. show lessTags
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Clint Willis is series editor of Adrenaline Books and Adrenaline Classics.
Nate Hardcastle is the editor of Deep Blue: Stories of Shipwreck, Sunken Treasure and Survival. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1995, and has worked as a journalist and community activist. Nate is associate editor of Adrenaline Books. He lives in Bowdoinham, Maine
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