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02949aam a22004218i 4500 001 8111DCF0DCEB11E4A31A28A4DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20150407010055 008 140627s2014 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2014023876 020 $a 1616149647 : HRD 020 $a 9781616149642 : HRD 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d NjBwBT $d SILO 050 00 $a HD9710.3.U54 $b C435 2014 082 00 $a 338.7/629258 082 00 $a B $2 23 084 $a BIO006000 084 $a HIS037070 084 $a BIO003000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Nye, Peter, $d 1947- 245 14 $a The fast times of Albert Champion : $b from record-setting racer to dashing tycoon, an untold story of speed, success, and betrayal / $c Peter Joffre Nye. 260 $a Amherst, New York : $b Prometheus Books, $c 2014. 263 $a 1411. 300 $a 460 p. ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "This is 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's lively narrative 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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 10 $a Champion, Albert, 1878-1927. $d 1878-1927. 650 20 $a Champion Spark Plug (Company) 650 0 $a Automobile supplies industry $x History. $x History. 650 0 $a Racers (Persons) $x Biography. $x Biography. 650 0 $a Businessmen $x Biography. $x Biography. 650 7 $a BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical. $2 bisacsh. 650 7 $a HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century. $2 bisacsh. 650 7 $a BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Business. $2 bisacsh. 856 42 $3 URL $u http://9781616149642.jpg 941 $a 1 952 $l YKPE532 $d 20150407011437.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8111DCF0DCEB11E4A31A28A4DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search