Books on Personalities
McQueen‘s Machines
by Matt Stone
Price: $26.05
Pages: 176
Dimensions: 8 1/2″ x 10 3/4″
Description: FREE DELIVERY!!
Hardbound, color and black and white photos.
The mechanical side of Steve McQueen, well done by Motor Trend’s Matt Stone. If you’ve ever wondered which cars McQueen actually owned, this is the book for you. Full of interesting details and anecdotes obtained from dozens of McQueen’s friends and relatives. Stone, with good reason, decided to break up the material into four distinct categories: McQueen’s Garage (his personal, everyday vehicles), McQueen on Screen (the cars associated with McQueen in the movies, such as the Bullitt Mustangs), McQueen on Track (some owned by McQueen, some not, but all raced by him), and McQueen on Two Wheels. If McQueen had anything to do with a vehicle, it is probably in Stone’s book, which will stand as the marker on this subject. Standard shipping is free, so order now!!! (Shipping to Australia or Asia will incur additional charges.)
Steve McQueen:
The Last Mile
by Barbara McQueen
Price: $49.00
Pages: 233
Dimensions: 9 1/4″ x 12″
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Hardbound, color and black and white photos.
After more than a quarter century, Steve McQueen’s widow finally writes about the McQueen she knew so well in what were to be his final three years of life. With hundreds of personal photos and thousands of memories, Barbara McQueen paints an eloquent, beautiful and honest picture of Steve McQueen. She carries it off well, and as an added bonus, correctly identifies the cars trucks, planes and bikes that are scattered throughout the book. Her images constitute the majority of the photos in the book; they are unique portraits of a very private McQueen Both in color and black and white, the photos capture McQueen as an actor, cowboy, motorcycle enthusiast, and pilot. A must of anyone who thought they knew Steve McQueen. Standard shipping is free, so order now!!! (Shipping to Australia or Asia will incur additional charges.)
James Dean: From Passion for Speed to Immortality
by Philippe Defechereux
Price: $30 US
Pages: 132, 121 color and B&W photos
Dimensions: 12″ x 9″
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Defechereux has produced a legendary book on a legendary figure. No doubt the best of the 25 -odd books about the actor, Defechereux literally resurrects Dean, provides a great deal of new material and photos, and tells us why the Porsche-owning Dean wanted to race a Grand Prix Maserati 250 F in Europe. Defechereux found that few of the Dean bios made much mention of his interest in cars and when they did, they often got it wrong. “I read an outstanding biography where every Hollywood detail was right but where there were also many car racing errors. I identified his passion for speed not as that of a reckless youth, but that of a serious professional racing driver in-the-making. No one else had ever documented that.” The many photographs from the era–a score never published elsewhere—are both professional and relevant to the story. A must for Dean fans and a surprising tale of his involvement with Italian cars. Depending on your location, please allow up to six weeks for free delivery. (Shipping to Australia or Asia will incur additional charges.)
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