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Books REVIEWED BY OCTANE STAFF AND CONTRIBUTORS Shelby American PRESTON LERNER, Octane Press,£35, ISBN 978 1 64234 121 8 Author Lerner is a longstandingjournalist (dailies, Automobile,Road & Track, Octane ) with alifelong love of motor racing andseveral books on it to his name.His knowledge of the ShelbyCobra made him the perfectcandidate to write this month'scover feature (pages 60-68),which came shortly after thepublication of this, his latestbook - more about the peopleand the company than the cars.It is candid, told in Lerner'scharacteristically languid tone,an in-depth history lesson yetsupremely entertaining - andjust about avoids that US thingof denying British involvementin the Cobra and GT40. [Extracted from the article] |
