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Item Information       Booklist Review     School Library Journal Review     More Content     More by this author     Bascomb, Neal.     Subjects     Dreyfus, René.     Schell, Lucy.     Automobile racing -- Europe -- History -- 20th century.     Automobile racing drivers -- Europe -- 20th century -- Biography.     Grand Prix racing -- History -- 20th century.     Antisemitism in sports -- Europe -- History.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Bascomb, Neal.       by title:      The racers : how an ...       by call number:      796.720922 B298r     Search the Web     Bascomb, Neal.     Dreyfus, René.     Schell, Lucy.     Automobile racing -- Europe -- History -- 20th century.     Automobile racing drivers -- Europe -- 20th century -- Biography.     Grand Prix racing -- History -- 20th century.     Antisemitism in sports -- Europe -- History.       MARC Display

The racers : how an outcast driver, an American heiress, and a legendary car challenged Hitler's best / Neal Bascomb. by Bascomb, Neal. Scholastic Focus, c2020. Call #: 796.720922 B298r Subjects Dreyfus, René.   Schell, Lucy.   Automobile racing -- Europe -- History -- 20th century.   Automobile racing drivers -- Europe -- 20th century -- Biography.   Grand Prix racing -- History -- 20th century.   Antisemitism in sports -- Europe -- History. ISBN:  9781338277418 Edition:  First edition. Description:  xii, 323 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-286) and index. Summary:  In the years before World War II, Adolf Hitler wanted to prove the greatness of the Third Reich in everything from track and field to motorsports. The Nazis poured money into the development of new race cars, and Mercedes-Benz came out with a stable of supercharged automobiles called Silver Arrows. Their drivers dominated the sensational world of European Grand Prix racing and saluted Hitler on their many returns home with victory. As the Third Reich stripped Jews of their rights and began their march toward war, one driver, René Dreyfus, a 32-year-old Frenchman of Jewish heritage who had enjoyed some early successes on the racing circuit, was barred from driving on any German or Italian race teams, which fielded the best in class, due to the rise of Hitler and Benito Mussolini. So it was that in 1937, Lucy Schell, an American heiress and top Monte Carlo Rally driver, needed a racer for a new team she was creating to take on Germany's Silver Arrows. Sensing untapped potential in Dreyfus, she funded the development of a nimble tiger of a new car built by a little-known French manufacturer called Delahaye. As the nations of Europe marched ever closer to war, Schell and Dreyfus faced down Hitler's top drivers, and the world held its breath in anticipation, waiting to see who would triumph. Audience:  Ages 12 and up. Scholastic Focus. Grades 10-12. Scholastic Focus. Genre:  Biographies. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information No Item Information

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