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001			on1398567596
003			OCoLC
005			20240523131807.0
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020			_a1324094915 _q(hardcover)
020			_a9781324094913 _q(hardcover)
035			_a(OCoLC)1398567596
092			_a796.7209 _bS774
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aSt. Clair, Kassia, _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe race to the future : _b8,000 miles to Paris--the adventure that accelerated the twentieth century / _cKassia St. Clair
250			_aFirst American Edition.
264		1	_aNew York, New York : _bLiveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, _c2024.
264		4	_c©2023.
300			_axxii, 359 pages : _billustrations, maps ; _c24 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
336			_astill image _bsti _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 295-345) and index.
520			_a"An Italian prince and his chauffeur, a French racing driver, a conman and various journalists battle over steep mountain ranges and across the arid vastness of the Gobi Desert. The contestants need teams of helpers to drag their primitive cars up narrow gorges, lift them over rough terrain and float them across rivers. Petrol is almost impossible to find, there are barely any roads, armed bandits and wolves lurk in the forests. Updates on their progress, sent by telegram, are eagerly devoured by millions in one of the first ever global news stories. Their destination: Paris. More than its many adventures, the Peking-to-Paris provided the impetus for profound change. The world of 1907 is poised between the old and the new: communist regimes will replace imperial ones in China and Russia; the telegraph is transforming modern communication and the car will soon displace the horse. In this book bestselling author Kassia St Clair traces the fascinating stories of two interlocking races - setting the derring-do (and sometimes cheating) of one of the world's first car races against the backdrop of a larger geopolitical and technological rush to the future, as the rivalry grows between countries and empires, building up to the cataclysmic event that changed everything - the First World War. The Race to the Future is the incredible true story of the quest against the odds that shaped the world we live in today"--Publisher's description.
611	2	0	_aPeking to Paris Motor Challenge _n(1907 : Beijing, China; Paris, France)
650		0	_aAutomobile racing _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aHistory, Modern _y20th century. _927360
994			_aC0 _bNFG
999			_c381238 _d381238