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Author:

Busbee, Jay, author.

Title:

Earnhardt nation : the full-throttle saga of NASCAR's first family / Jay Busbee.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Harperan imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

viii, 335 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations and photographs (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Earnhardt, Dale,--1951-2001.
Earnhardt, Dale,--Jr.
Stock car drivers--United States--Biography.
Stock car racing--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-333).

Contents:

Up from dirt -- Go or blow -- That Earnhardt boy -- Gimme back my bullets -- Keep your damn composure -- Win some, lose some, wreck some -- If there ain't a hole, make one -- I don't look like no eleven-millionaire -- Wonder Boy -- Hell-raisers -- Milk toast -- The gunslinger slows -- No more monkeys -- Earnhardt vs. Earnhardt -- Cage-rattling -- Find your own way home -- Lost -- It didn't look that bad -- The days after the day -- The savior's burden -- Free beer -- The schism -- Second chances -- Eulogies and memories -- @DaleJr -- Time rolls on.

Summary:

"Published to commemorate the 15th anniversary of Earnhardt Sr.'s death, a profile of the influential NASCAR family is set against a backdrop of the history of the world's fastest stock-car-racing organization and traces the achievements of three generations of Earnhardt drivers"-- NoveList.

ISBN:

0062367714 (hardcover)
9780062367716 (hardcover)

LCCN:

bl2015058118

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