Motor Racing: The Golden Age: Extraordinary Images from 1900 to 1970

by John Tennant, Jackie Stewart

This book features extraordinary images of motor racing which give a unique insight into this most dangerous and exhilarating of sports. "Motor Racing The Golden Age" is a unique collection of over 275 images from the last century of racing. Following the design, format and idea of the successful " The Golden Age", this book celebrates all aspects of the motor racing world - the drivers, the fans, the race tracks, the cars, the crashes and pit-stops. It goes further to look at the history behind motor racing - the hill climbs, rallies through cities and even the land speed records. "Motor The Golden Age" remembers when the cars were fast, the drivers were furious and the photographers the bravest men on the track - a true golden age of both sport and photography.

Genres: Nonfiction

144 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2004

Reviews

[jaydro · Rating 2 out of 5]

At first glance upon flipping through this book, I thought it was marvelous. But after actually going through it, I found far too many photos that I thought were clunkers, certain subjects and photographers seemed over-represented, and I didn't quite understand the author's intentions in inserting diptychs of obscure women racers or children at play with some regularity throughout the book. The book would have benefited immensely from photo captions that were whole paragraphs rather than one line, because many photographs called for more explanation. There are many striking photographs (and the photographs of Brooklands make me want to find a book devoted exclusively to historic photographs of that track), but with a title as comprehensive as this book's, the reader deserves even more.