The Race to the Future
8,000 Miles to Paris - The Adventure That Accelerated the Twentieth Century
Kassia St. Clair
The Race to the Future
8,000 Miles to Paris - The Adventure That Accelerated the Twentieth Century
Kassia St. Clair
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The rise of the automobile as told through its Rubicon moment—a sensational, high-risk race across two continents on the verge of revolution.
"An incredible and stirring story. . . . Its opening pages resemble Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines, the comic film from 1965 about a fictional air race to Paris. This contest features the same amateurish mix of competition, camaraderie, and national pride, as well as a larky sense of adventure."
"This oddball collection of adventurers gripped the public’s imagination, helping to transform the motor car from just an experimental novelty into a mass-market mode of transport that changed the world forever."
"A captivating history of a seemingly impossible journey and one of the most challenging endurance trials in the history of motoring. . . . St. Clair’s narrative is full of surprises."
"Kassia St. Clair’s glorious account of a transglobal race at the birth of the automobile has to be read to be believed. Woven into the narrative is an elegant history of the motor car and its impacts on society: a tale of ambition, innovation, adventure and empire. . . . The Race to the Future manages to be both an exhilarating and a profound account of one of the early twentieth century’s most bizarre episodes."
"Kassia St. Clair has clearly done her research. . . . She tells a thrilling tale."
Kassia St. Clair specializes in telling gripping stories about the overlooked and the everyday. She has written about history and culture for publications including the Economist, Elle, and Times Literary Supplement. The author of The Golden Thread and The Secret Lives of Color, she lives in London.
"An incredible and stirring story. . . . Its opening pages resemble Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines, the comic film from 1965 about a fictional air race to Paris. This contest features the same amateurish mix of competition, camaraderie, and national pride, as well as a larky sense of adventure."
"This oddball collection of adventurers gripped the public’s imagination, helping to transform the motor car from just an experimental novelty into a mass-market mode of transport that changed the world forever."
"A captivating history of a seemingly impossible journey and one of the most challenging endurance trials in the history of motoring. . . . St. Clair’s narrative is full of surprises."
"Kassia St. Clair’s glorious account of a transglobal race at the birth of the automobile has to be read to be believed. Woven into the narrative is an elegant history of the motor car and its impacts on society: a tale of ambition, innovation, adventure and empire. . . . The Race to the Future manages to be both an exhilarating and a profound account of one of the early twentieth century’s most bizarre episodes."
"Kassia St. Clair has clearly done her research. . . . She tells a thrilling tale."
Kassia St. Clair specializes in telling gripping stories about the overlooked and the everyday. She has written about history and culture for publications including the Economist, Elle, and Times Literary Supplement. The author of The Golden Thread and The Secret Lives of Color, she lives in London.