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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Library Journal Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Nye, Peter, 1947-     Subjects     Champion, Albert, 1878-1927.     Champion Spark Plug (Company)     Racers (Persons) -- France -- Biography.     Automobile supplies industry -- United States -- History.     Businessmen -- France -- Biography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Nye, Peter, 1947-       by title:      The fast times of Al...       by call number:      338.76292 C452n     Search the Web     Nye, Peter, 1947-     Champion, Albert, 1878-1927.     Champion Spark Plug (Company)     Racers (Persons) -- France -- Biography.     Automobile supplies industry -- United States -- History.     Businessmen -- France -- Biography.       MARC Display

The fast times of Albert Champion : from record-setting racer to dashing tycoon, an untold story of speed, success, and betrayal / Peter Joffre Nye. by Nye, Peter, 1947- Prometheus Books, 2014. Call #: 338.76292 C452n Subjects Champion, Albert, 1878-1927.   Champion Spark Plug (Company)   Racers (Persons) -- France -- Biography.   Automobile supplies industry -- United States -- History.   Businessmen -- France -- Biography. ISBN:  9781616149642 1616149647 Description:  460 p. : ill. ; 24 cm Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-441) and index. Summary:  "The first biography of the short but exciting life of Albert Champion--record-setting bicyclist and motorcyclist, daredevil race car driver, early automobile innovator with thirty US patents, charismatic ladies' man, and celebrity of the Jazz Age. Though most Americans have heard of the two companies he founded--Champion Spark Plug and ACDelco--few know much about the flamboyant man behind the companies. The book describes the many adventures of the Frenchman who rose from poverty in Paris to great wealth and fame in both his native France and the United States. As a bicycle racer, Champion set more than a hundred world records. When the urban speed limit was 8 mph, he was the first ever to drive a motorcycle a mile under a minute. Then a car-racing crash in Brooklyn snapped a leg bone that kept him in traction for eleven weeks. Handicapped but undeterred, he hobbled out of the hospital on crutches and recovered to win the French national cycling championship. He subsequently invested his prize money to become a tycoon in the American auto industry, working closely with the leading players in this new revolutionary industry. Good-looking and a natty dresser, he was an incorrigible ladies' man whose many dalliances finally ended in a love triangle that resulted in his death under mysterious circumstances."--From publisher. Genre:  Biographies. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Biography 338.76292 C452n Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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