Holiday Gift Guide: Mat Oxley’s Latest Book “Racing Hitler”

Holiday Gift Guide: Mat Oxley’s Latest Book “Racing Hitler”

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May Oxley’s latest great book is titled “Racing Hitler” and sub-titled “The Skint, Plucky Brit Who Fought The Nazi Speed Machine and Won.”

It is an amazing true story of eccentric Isle of Man TT racer Eric Crudgington Fernihough, a British biking bulldog who dreamed of being the fastest motorcyclist on Earth on his home-built, supercharged Brough Superior. His great rival was German road racing champion Ernst Henne, honored by Adolf Hitler, who wanted Germany to prove its superiority by setting speed records. Henne’s supercharged BMW streamliner  wore swastikas on its tailfin.

The Brit and the German traded the land-speed record time after time. And then along came dashing Italian Pierro Taruffi, who raced cars for Enzo Ferrari before dedicating himself to chasing the motorcycle record with a supercharged four-cylinder Gilera, which wore Mussolini’s fascist littorio symbol.

While Henne chased the record on Germany’s new autobahns and Taruffi raced down Italy’s autostradas, Fernihough went wherever he could: One man and his motorcycle against the might of fascist Europe. But nothing was going to stop him… Only available from www.matoxley.bigcartel.com for $43 U.S., including delivery to the USA via standard mail, or $39 via economy mail.

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