Archive for Items Categorized 'Biography/ Autobiography', only excerpts shown, click title for full entry.

My Lifetime in Motorsport

by S.C.H “Sammy” Davis

He lived a life colorful enough to require three versions of an autobiography! Racing driver, rallyist, motoring journalist, artist, cartoonist and man about town, he was one of the most popular and enduring figures in the history of British motorsport.

Keep A Knockin’, The Story of a Legendary Drummer

by Charles Connor with Ziv Biton

When the now 80-year-old Connor joined The Upsetters (aka Little Richard’s band) he was only 18. The band didn’t have a bass player so he had to drum extra hard—enabling him to “upset” many a musical convention with innovative rhythm work.

Tyler Alexander: A Life and Times with McLaren

by Tyler Alexander

From mechanic to team boss, the author chronicles his life at a seminal team in an ever-changing sport.

Cars I Could’ve, Should’ve, Kept

by Jackson Brooks

Who hasn’t uttered those words? Still, this author has no regrets and is just grateful to have been their custodian for even a little while.

The Last Days of Henry Ford

by Henry Dominguez

Not just the “last days” but the last 18 months. New details and new perspectives paint a more human picture of this tortured tycoon.

Professor Porsche’s Wars

by Karl Ludvigsen

Ferdinand Porsche’s very successes had the unintended consequence of making him an increasingly indispensable national asset. This proximity to power kept his order books full, but at what cost?

Where the Writer Meets the Road

by Sam Posey

Among this race driver’s trophies is an Emmy for sports writing and this anthology is a good testament to Posey’s abilities behind the pen. Now in his seventies, he’s been around, literally and figuratively.

King Edward VII’s American Friend

by John Whetton

This tiny booklet is not nearly sufficient to portray this American department store tycoon’s multitude of interests, activities, and associations. He was an early backer of aviation, especially long-distance flights.

Audubon

by Constance Mayfield Rourke

At her alma mater, Vassar, this author pioneered the scholarly study of American culture. From P.T. Barnum to Davy Crockett to the vast subject of American Humor, her insightful observations haven fallen somewhat off the radar these days after years of being a de rigeur part of anthologies.

Frontiers – A Colonial Dynasty

by Simon Best

New Zealand, that most remote of British colonies. From whalers to Rolls-Royces to two airmen of Maori descent lying buried together on a hilltop in England, this book covers four generations.

Snakes, Rain and the Tet Offensive: War Stories with Photos

by William Ingalls

There were, as the cliché goes, many, many Vietnam Wars, with time and place dictating just which war one might be experiencing. Here it is through the eyes of a U.S. Army road grader, in his letters home and the many photos he took in the field.