02898cam a2200325 4500 545443376 TxAuBib 20211104120000.0 ||||||s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781101926789 1101926783 c6015f20-8bf6-4ebd-9c53-bfe4463c7749 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 2163529 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Bull, Andy. Speed Kings [Libby] : The 1932 Winter Olympics and the Fastest Men in the World. Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group, 2015. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 362MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 362MB. History. Sports & Recreations. Nonfiction. HTML:<p><b>A story of risk, adventure, and daring as four American bobsledders race for the gold in the most dangerous competition in Olympic history.</b><br /> <b>&#160;</b><br /> In the 1930s, as the world hurtled toward war, speed was all the rage. Bobsledding, the fastest and most thrilling way to travel on land, had become a sensation. Exotic, exciting, and brutally dangerous, it was the must-see event of the 1932 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid, the first Winter Games on American soil. Bobsledding required exceptional skill and extraordinary courage—qualities the American team had in abundance.<br /> <br /> There was Jay O’Brien, the high-society playboy; Tippy Grey, a scandal-prone Hollywood has-been; Eddie Eagan, world champion heavyweight boxer <i>and</i> Rhodes Scholar; and the charismatic Billy Fiske, the true heart of the team, despite being barely out of his teens. In the thick of the Great Depression, the nation was gripped by the story of these four men, their battle against jealous locals, treacherous U.S. officials, and the very same German athletes they would be fighting against in the war only a few short years later. Billy, king of speed to the end, would go on to become the first American fighter pilot killed in WWII. Evoking the glamour and recklessness of the Jazz Age, <i>Speed Kings</i> will thrill readers to the last page.<br /> <br /></p>. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-01-03 20:00:02. Meyers, Eric. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/2163529-SpeedKings.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=c6015f20-8bf6-4ebd-9c53-bfe4463c7749&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/2163529-SpeedKings.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=c6015f20-8bf6-4ebd-9c53-bfe4463c7749&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)