Author: Henry Rowe SchoolcraftPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Alhalla, Or, The Lord of Talladega
Author: Henry Rowe SchoolcraftDriving with the Devil
Author: Neal ThompsonPublisher: Crown
ISBN: 0307522261
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
The true story behind NASCAR’s hardscrabble, moonshine-fueled origins, “fascinating and fast-moving . . . even if you don’t know a master cylinder from a head gasket” (Atlanta Journal-Constitution). “[Neal] Thompson exhumes the sport’s Prohibition-era roots in this colorful, meticulously detailed history.”—Time Today’s NASCAR—equal parts Disney, Vegas, and Barnum & Bailey—is a multibillion-dollar conglomeration with 80 million fans, half of them women, that grows bigger and more mainstream by the day. Long before the sport’s rampant commercialism lurks a distant history of dark secrets that have been carefully hidden from view—until now. In the Depression-wracked South, with few options beyond the factory or farm, a Ford V-8 became the ticket to a better life. Bootlegging offered speed, adventure, and wads of cash. Driving with the Devil reveals how the skills needed to outrun federal agents with a load of corn liquor transferred perfectly to the red-dirt racetracks of Dixie. In this dynamic era (the 1930s and ’40s), three men with a passion for Ford V-8s—convicted felon Raymond Parks, foul-mouthed mechanic Red Vogt, and war veteran Red Byron, NASCAR’s first champ—emerged as the first stock car “team.” Theirs is the violent, poignant story of how moonshine and fast cars merged to create a sport for the South to call its own. In the tradition of Laura Hillenbrand’s Seabiscuit, this tale captures a bygone era of a beloved sport and the character of the country at a moment in time.
The Official Catholic Directory for the Year of Our Lord ...
Author: Prison Riots in Britain and the USA
Author: Robert AdamsPublisher:
ISBN: 9780333625088
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Congoism
Author: Johnny Van HovePublisher: Transcript Verlag, Roswitha Gost, Sigrid Nokel u. Dr. Karin Werner
ISBN: 9783837640373
Category : Congo (Democratic Republic)
Languages : en
Pages : 357
Book Description
To justify the plundering of today's Democratic Republic of the Congo, U.S. intellectual elites have continuously produced dismissive Congo discourses. Tracing these discourses in great depth and breadth, Johnny Van Hove shows how U.S. intellectuals (and their influential European counterparts) have used the Congo in similar fashions for their own goals. Analyzing intellectuals as diverse as W. E. B. Du Bois, Joseph Conrad, and David Van Reybrouck, the book offers a theorization of Central West Africa, a case study of normalized narratives on the "Other," and a stirring wake-up call for contemporary writers on international history and politics.
Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence
Author: Alice Moore DunbarPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486149749
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
51 speeches by prominent African-American leaders include Frederick Douglass' "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?", plus speeches by Booker T. Washington, W. E. B. Du Bois, Fanny Jackson, and others.
American Automobile Names
Author: Ingrid PillerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Automobiles
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
The Cultivator & Country Gentleman
Author: Mau Mau in Harlem?
Author: G. HornePublisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230101046
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
Based on archival research on three continents, this book addresses the interpenetration of two closely related movements: the struggle against white supremacy and Jim Crow in the U.S., and the struggle against similar forces and for national liberation in Colonial Kenya.
Compliance Status of Major Air Pollution Facilities
Author: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of EnforcementPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Air
Languages : en
Pages : 804
Book Description