Speed Kings

The untold story of four extraordinary gentlemen adventurers who came together to win bobsled gold for America in the 1932 Winter Olympics, and of a doomed generation, infatuated with fast living. Now in paperback.

About the author

Andy Bull is the Senior Sportswriter for the Guardian. This is his first book.

Summary

And Eddie Eagan, a heavyweight boxer and brilliant lawyer, remains the only man to win gold at both the Summer and Winter Olympics. This is their story, of loose living, risk-taking and hell-raising in an age of decadence, and of their race against the odds to become the fastest men on ice.

Foreword

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR

The epic story of four extraordinary gentlemen adventurers who came together to win bobsled gold in the 1932 Winter Olympics, and of a doomed generation, infatuated with fast living, heading into the vortex of the Second World War.

Product details

• Authors: Andy Bull, Bull Andy
• Publisher: Bantam UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.03.2016
• EAN: 9780857502650
• ISBN: 978-0-85750-265-0
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 198 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > General, dictionaries, handbooks, yearbooks, history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; SPORTS & RECREATION / Olympics & Paralympics, Winter Sports, history of sport, Nostalgia: general, Olympic & Paralympic games, Olympic and Paralympic games, SPORTS & RECREATION / Winter Sports / General