{"product_id":"the-fast-times-of-albert-champion-from-record-setting-racer-to-dashing-tycoon-an-untold-story-of-speed-success-and-betrayal-hardcover","title":"The Fast Times of Albert Champion: From Record-Setting Racer to Dashing Tycoon, An Untold Story of Speed, Success, and Betrayal - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Joffre Nye\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Joffre Nye \u003c\/b\u003ehas written for the\u003ci\u003e Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e USA Today\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Sports Illustrated\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ethe \u003ci\u003eDenver Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand many other publications. Among his many books is \u003ci\u003ePeak Business Performance under Pressure\u003c\/i\u003e, which he coauthored with Bill Driscoll. He also wrote the script for the documentary\u003ci\u003e The Six-Day Bicycle Races: America's Jazz-Age Sport\u003c\/i\u003e and converted it to a coffee-table book with the same title. He studied at Ball State University and the London School of Economics, and he earned an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Goucher College.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 462\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.6 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 04, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53115250442547,"sku":"9781616149642","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/aNZxE4f6ct9781616149642.webp?v=1772852992","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-fast-times-of-albert-champion-from-record-setting-racer-to-dashing-tycoon-an-untold-story-of-speed-success-and-betrayal-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}