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099    eBook Boundless 
100 1  Nye, Peter,|d1947- 
245 14 The fast times of Albert Champion :|bfrom record-setting 
       racer to dashing tycoon, an untold story of speed, success,
       and betrayal /|cPeter Joffre Nye.|h[Boundless electronic 
       resource] 
264  1 Amherst, New York :|bPrometheus Books,|c2014. 
300    1 online resource (460 pages) :|billustrations 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    computer|bc|2rdamedia 
338    online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 
347    text file|2rda 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-441) and 
       index. 
520    "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"
       --|cProvided by publisher. 
538    Requires Boundless App. 
588    Description based on print version record. 
600 10 Champion, Albert,|d1878-1927. 
610 20 Champion Spark Plug (Company) 
650  0 Automobile supplies industry|zUnited States|xHistory. 
650  0 Racers (Persons)|zFrance|vBiography. 
650  0 Businessmen|zFrance|vBiography. 
776 08 |iElectronic reproduction of (manifestation):|aNye, Peter,
       1947-|tFast times of Albert Champion|dAmherst, New York : 
       Prometheus Books, 2014|z9781616149642|w(DLC)  2014023876
       |w(OCoLC)882464147 
856 40 |uhttps://naper.boundless.baker-taylor.com/ng/view/library
       /title/0015008672|zFound on Boundless