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The only book-length account of the life of Wendell Scott, the one-time moonshine runner who broke the color barrier in stock-car racing in 1952 and, against all odds, competed for more than 20 years in a sport dominated by Southern Whites.
Hard Driving is the story of one man's determination to live the life he loved and to compete at the highest level of his sport. When Wendell Scott became NASCAR's version of Jackie Robinson in the segregated 1950s, some speedways refused to let him race. Scott appealed directly to the sport's founder, NASCAR czar Bill France Sr., who promised that NASCAR would treat him without prejudice. For the next two decades, Scott chased a dream whose fulfillment depended on France backing up that promise. France reneged on his pledge, but Scott did receive inspiring support from White drivers who admired his skill and tenacity, such as NASCAR champions Ned Jarrett and Richard Petty.
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"Hard Driving is an almost bigger-than-life account of Scott, NASCAR's first and only black driver to compete on a regular basis.... Donovan tells it like it was.... A copy of Brian Donovan's masterpiece should be in every library in the country, including schools. No value can be placed on its worth, not only from the stock car racing side, but from the black history aspect.... The only down side of this release is the fact Wendell Scott never had the opportunity to read it. Read it. You will be glad you did. And I'll add this little warning. The last part may bring a tear or two to your eyes." (Morris Stephenson in The Franklin News-Post)
"Donovan has written a book that is both a history and a sports classic." (Detroit Free Press)
"A fascinating book...a wonderful story about a really interesting guy." (Toronto Star)
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do better research
- De David Thom en 08-05-22
De: Michael Hembree
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Jeff Gordon
- His Dream, Drive & Destiny
- De: Joe Garner
- Narrado por: Michael Butler Murray
- Duración: 8 h y 34 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 177
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 158
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 157
The first-ever authorized biography of Jeff Gordon, the four-time champion racing legend. For over a year, Garner interviewed and observed Gordon at races, at special events, and at home. The book is based on extensive interviews with Gordon - as well as in-depth interviews with dozens of family members, friends, competitors, and colleagues, some of whom have never gone on the record before.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Listen!
- De Q en 12-01-22
De: Joe Garner
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Driving with the Devil
- Southern Moonshine, Detroit Wheels, and the Birth of NASCAR
- De: Neal Thompson
- Narrado por: Buz Mckim
- Duración: 12 h y 40 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 126
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 117
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 116
Today’s NASCAR is a family sport with 75 million loyal fans, which is growing bigger and more mainstream by the day. Part Disney, part Vegas, part Barnum & Bailey, NASCAR is also a multibillion-dollar business and a cultural phenomenon that transcends geography, class, and gender. But dark secrets lurk in NASCAR’s past.
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3 out of 5 stars
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I had to quote Stop listing unquote
- De Joseph en 07-25-15
De: Neal Thompson
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The Vapors
- A Southern Family, the New York Mob, and the Rise and Fall of Hot Springs, America's Forgotten Capital of Vice
- De: David Hill
- Narrado por: George Newbern
- Duración: 9 h y 31 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 211
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 173
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 172
Back in the days before Vegas was big, when the Mob was at its peak and neon lights were but a glimmer on the horizon, a little Southern town styled itself as a premier destination for the American leisure class. Hot Springs, Arkansas was home to healing waters, Art Deco splendor, and America's original national park - as well as horse racing, nearly a dozen illegal casinos, countless backrooms and brothels, and some of the country’s most bald-faced criminals.
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1 out of 5 stars
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If you don’t live in Arkansas…
- De JohnFern0813 en 08-14-20
De: David Hill
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Faster
- How a Jewish Driver, an American Heiress, and a Legendary Car Beat Hitler's Best
- De: Neal Bascomb
- Narrado por: Edoardo Ballerini
- Duración: 9 h y 52 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 201
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 178
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 178
As Nazi Germany launched its campaign of racial terror and pushed the world toward war, three misfits banded together to challenge Hitler’s dominance at the apex of motorsport: the Grand Prix. Their quest for redemption culminated in a remarkable race that is still talked about in racing circles to this day - but which, soon after it ended, Hitler attempted to completely erase from history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Almost perfect, but lousy sound cuts and splicing
- De F. en 06-08-20
De: Neal Bascomb
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Stealing Home
- Los Angeles, the Dodgers, and the Lives Caught in Between
- De: Eric Nusbaum
- Narrado por: David Owen Nelson
- Duración: 8 h y 37 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 348
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 296
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 294
Dodger Stadium is an American icon. But the story of how it came to be goes far beyond baseball. The hills that cradle the stadium were once home to three vibrant Mexican American communities. In the early 1950s, those communities were condemned to make way for a utopian public housing project. Then, in a remarkable turn, public housing in the city was defeated amidst a Red Scare conspiracy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Once Upon a Time at Dodger Stadium
- De James Gamble en 03-06-21
De: Eric Nusbaum
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Olympic Pride, American Prejudice
- The Untold Story of 18 African Americans Who Defied Jim Crow and Adolf Hitler to Compete in the 1936 Berlin Olympics
- De: Deborah Riley Draper, Blair Underwood, Travis Thrasher
- Narrado por: Leon Nixon
- Duración: 9 h y 8 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 20
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 18
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 18
From burning crosses set on the Robinsons’s lawn to a Pennsylvania small town on fire with praise and parades when the athletes return from Berlin, Olympic Pride, American Prejudice is full of emotion, grit, political upheaval, and the American dream. Capturing a powerful and untold chapter of history, the narrative is also a celebration of the courage, commitment, and accomplishments of these talented athletes and their impact on race, sports and inclusion around the world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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History I never knew...
- De Malcolm Drewery en 10-01-21
De: Deborah Riley Draper, y otros
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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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General4.5 out of 5 stars 111
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 97
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 97
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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3 out of 5 stars
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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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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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General4.5 out of 5 stars 272
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 240
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 239
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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2 out of 5 stars
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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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Go Like Hell
- Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans
- De: A. J. Baime
- Narrado por: Jones Allen
- Duración: 8 h y 49 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 1,460
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,309
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 1,309
By the early 1960s, Ford Motor Company, built to bring automobile transportation to the masses, was falling behind. Baby boomers were taking to the roads in droves, looking for speed not safety, style not comfort, and Ford didn’t offer what these young drivers wanted. Meanwhile, Enzo Ferrari lorded over the European racing scene, crafting beautiful, fast sports cars that epitomized style.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Goldern age of racing
- De Dan R. en 01-26-15
De: A. J. Baime
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What It Takes
- The Way to the White House
- De: Richard Ben Cramer
- Narrado por: Keith Sellon-Wright
- Duración: 54 h y 35 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 138
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 119
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 120
An American Iliad in the guise of contemporary political reportage, What It Takes penetrates the mystery at the heart of all presidential campaigns: How do presumably ordinary people acquire that mixture of ambition, stamina, and pure shamelessness that makes a true candidate? As he recounts the frenzied course of the 1988 presidential race, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Richard Ben Cramer comes up with the answers, in a book that is vast, exhaustively researched, exhilarating, and sometimes appalling in its revelations.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great political book
- De Hebern en 09-11-20
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The World's Fastest Man
- The Extraordinary Life of Cyclist Major Taylor, America's First Black Sports Hero
- De: Michael Kranish
- Narrado por: David Sadzin
- Duración: 11 h y 48 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 146
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 134
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 132
In the tradition of The Boys in the Boat and Seabiscuit, a fascinating portrait of a groundbreaking but forgotten figure - the remarkable Major Taylor, the Black man who broke racial barriers by becoming the world’s fastest and most famous bicyclist at the height of the Jim Crow era.
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5 out of 5 stars
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before there was Jesse Owens and Jackie Robinson
- De Leo en 07-29-19
De: Michael Kranish
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I Invented the Modern Age
- The Rise of Henry Ford and the Most Important Car Ever Made
- De: Richard Snow
- Narrado por: Sean Runnette
- Duración: 12 h y 18 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 722
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 628
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 623
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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5 out of 5 stars
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A Complicated Man
- De Jean en 11-23-13
De: Richard Snow
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Straight Shooter
- A Memoir of Second Chances and First Takes
- De: Stephen A. Smith
- Narrado por: Stephen A. Smith
- Duración: 8 h y 4 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 1,586
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 1,434
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 1,428
Stephen A. Smith has never been handed anything, nor was he an overnight success. Growing up poor in Queens, the son of Caribbean immigrants and the youngest of six children, he was a sports-obsessed kid who faced struggles, from undiagnosed dyslexia to getting enough cereal to fill his bowl. As a basketball player at Winston-Salem State University, he got a glimmer of his true calling when he wrote a newspaper column arguing for the retirement of his own Hall of Fame coach, Clarence Gaines.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Trash🗑
- De Maurice Davis en 01-25-23
De: Stephen A. Smith
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Playing Through the Whistle
- Steel, Football, and an American Town
- De: S. L. Price
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
- Duración: 15 h y 17 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 65
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 62
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 63
Aliquippa, Pennsylvania is famous for two things: the Jones and Laughlin Steel mill, an industrial behemoth that helped win World War II; and football, with a high school team that has produced numerous NFL stars, including Mike Ditka and Darrelle Revis. But the mill, once the fourth largest producer in America, closed for good in 2000. What happens to a town when a dream dies? Does it just disappear?
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5 out of 5 stars
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This is not a football book
- De radchick en 04-19-17
De: S. L. Price
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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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General4.5 out of 5 stars 328
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 283
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 279
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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4 out of 5 stars
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Cars, Computers, and "Engines of Change"
- De Joshua Kim en 06-17-12
De: Paul Ingrassia
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Aussie Grit
- My Formula One Journey
- De: Mark Webber
- Narrado por: Nicholas Osmond
- Duración: 11 h y 27 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 234
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 215
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 214
Mark Webber was at the centre of one of the most captivating chapters in the history of Formula One. In 2010, while racing for Red Bull, he and his teammate, Sebastian Vettel, went head to head for the World Championship. There could be only one winner. Since retiring from Formula One, Mark has concentrated on endurance racing, including the legendary Le Mans 24-hour race.
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2 out of 5 stars
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this story change my perspective of Mark Webber.
- De Neb en 09-01-16
De: Mark Webber
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Govt Cheese
- De: Steven Pressfield
- Narrado por: Steven Pressfield
- Duración: 6 h y 56 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 172
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 158
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 156
People who have read my books, particularly “The War of Art” and its cousins, have a vague idea of the odyssey of a particular solitary guy, wracked with guilt and riven by self-doubt, as he struggles toward his destiny as a writer. But they have only the scantiest conception of the particulars of that journey. These particulars I’m hoping may be of use to others as they wrestle with their own version of that same odyssey. So let me try to strip it down. Let me tell the parts I normally leave out.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another Great Work by a great storyteller
- De Vales Tales en 12-11-22
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Total5 out of 5 stars
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Ejecución5 out of 5 stars
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Historia5 out of 5 stars
- ThatGuyHerb
- 10-17-23
Outstanding! A must for any racing fan!
I knew Mr. Scott’s story but just from the fringes. This was a great listen for any fan of history. I appreciated learning the details about his journey to become a hero to so many. His fire burned deep and long. The odds were never in his favor yet he excelled in so many ways. A true trail blazer and pioneer in my opinion.
Thank you Mr. Scott!
TGH
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