Speed kings
Subtitle: the 1932 Winter Olympics and the fastest men in the world
By: Andy Bull
Publisher: AVERY, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 290
ISBN-13: 9781592409099
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Bobsledders; Olympic Winter Games (3rd : 1932 : Lake Placid, N.Y.); Bobsledding; Biography; History
Description: Traces the efforts of four American athletes from disparate backgrounds to win the gold medal for bobsledding during the 1932 Olympics, profiling how the American public, deep in the grip of the Great Depression, rallied around their achievements.  --Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The kid; title: A new sport; title: The playboy; title: A call for volunteers; title: The musician?; title: The race; title: A man with a mission; title: The boxer; title: The new US team; title: The Suicide Club; title: The final; title: The next big thing; title: The war begins; title: The last flight of Billy Fiske; title: Epilogue.