Mad for Speed
The Racing Life of Joan Newton Cuneo
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2013
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-7093-8 (ISBN)
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-7093-8 (ISBN)
This book covers Joan Newton Cuneo's life, and her roles (from 1905 to 1915) as the premier female racer in the United States and spokeswoman for women drivers and good roads. Beginning with her family history and marriage to Andrew Cuneo, it traces her life in New York society, the birth of her children, and Joan's growing interest in automobile touring and racing and partnership with Louis Disbrow, her racing mechanic.
The book covers Joan's experiences in three Glidden Tours, including her notes on the 1907 tour, her first races, and her rivals. It also looks at the growth and change of automobile culture and the battles for control of racing among the American Automobile Association, the Automobile Club of America, and the American Automobile Manufacturers Association--which ended in banishing women racers shortly after Joan's greatest racing victories at New Orleans (in 1909). The book then follows Joan's attempts to continue racing, the end of her marriage, her move to the Upper Peninsula, and her remarriage and death. The book also includes a chapter on her female rivals in racing and touring.
The book covers Joan's experiences in three Glidden Tours, including her notes on the 1907 tour, her first races, and her rivals. It also looks at the growth and change of automobile culture and the battles for control of racing among the American Automobile Association, the Automobile Club of America, and the American Automobile Manufacturers Association--which ended in banishing women racers shortly after Joan's greatest racing victories at New Orleans (in 1909). The book then follows Joan's attempts to continue racing, the end of her marriage, her move to the Upper Peninsula, and her remarriage and death. The book also includes a chapter on her female rivals in racing and touring.
Elsa A. Nystrom is a professor of history at Kennesaw State University. She lives in Marietta, Georgia.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword: In Search of Cousin Joan (by Dick Newton)
Preface
Introduction
1. From Holyoke to New York
2. Joan Newton Cuneo Learns to Drive
3. Mrs. Cuneo Makes the News!
4. “A case of love at first sight”
5. The 1907 Glidden Tour and Other Challenges
6. Queen for a Day
7. The Great Mardi Gras Races
8. Banished!
9. Joan Cuneo’s Swan Song—On to Atlanta
10. Winding Down
11. Bankruptcy, Scandal, Divorce
12. Contemporaries and Rivals: American Women Racers and Tourists, 1900–1920
Epilogue
Appendix I: Joan Newton Cuneo’s Cars (by Elsa Nystrom)
Appendix II: Racing the Knox (by Dick Newton)
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
Zusatzinfo | 47 photos, appendices, notes, bibliography, index |
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Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 178 x 254 mm |
Gewicht | 408 g |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Motor- / Rad- / Flugsport | |
ISBN-10 | 0-7864-7093-3 / 0786470933 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-7864-7093-8 / 9780786470938 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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