Distant Thunder when Midgets Were Mighty
by Wallen, Dick
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
E-100: Ben Franklin Press. Very Good. 2001. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Dick Wallen Productions, Glendale, AZ, 2001. 395 pgs. Illustrated with color plates. Slipcased in matching slipcase with color pastedown present to the front board. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and color pastedown present to the front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Distant Thunder: When Midgets Were Mighty, presents a thorough history of the birth and flowering of the California midget car racing craze from 1914 to 1950. Nearly 400 pages long, it is crammed with over a thousand photographs, original color paintings and detailed information about the "Doodle-Bug" racers that captivated Californians and the nation from the late Thirties through 1950. Many great American champions and Indy 500 winners such as Sam Hanks, Bill Vukovich, Bob Sweikert and others learned their track skills in these fast and dangerous little cars. E-100; 9.1 X 6.6 X 1.1 inches; 395 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Last Exit Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 61721
- Title
- Distant Thunder when Midgets Were Mighty
- Author
- Wallen, Dick
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- Ben Franklin Press
- Place of Publication
- E-100
- Date Published
- 2001
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