Three Corvettes

Author : Nicholas Monsarrat
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN 13 : 1780224990
Total Pages : 421 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Three Corvettes written by Nicholas Monsarrat and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2012-09-06 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is how the war at sea really was... Nicholas Monsarrat's war, in those dark years of 1939-1945, was a ferocious, unforgiving, terrible war: the Battle of the Atlantic. An RNVR officer, he served on His Majesty's corvettes, tough little ships charged with the impossible task of seeing vital convoys safely through the packs of marauding U-boats. Between watches he kept a record of life on board, the good times and the bad, true tales of heroism, fear and all too often death. This was the war at sea as it really was. The three books were sensationally published even while the war raged about him, and make a fascinating prelude to the post-war The Cruel Sea. Also in this edition are his other short pieces on the sea, including the stories HMS Marlborough Will Enter Harbour and The Ship That Died of Shame. Here is some of the most dramatic literature of the sea ever written, from one of the finest writers of his generation.

Author : Nicholas Monsarrat
Publisher : Academy Chicago Pub
ISBN 13 : 9780583120852
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Three Corvettes written by Nicholas Monsarrat and published by Academy Chicago Pub. This book was released on 1982 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Nicholas Monsarrat
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1780224990
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Three Corvettes written by Nicholas Monsarrat and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2012-09-06 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is how the war at sea really was... Nicholas Monsarrat's war, in those dark years of 1939-1945, was a ferocious, unforgiving, terrible war: the Battle of the Atlantic. An RNVR officer, he served on His Majesty's corvettes, tough little ships charged with the impossible task of seeing vital convoys safely through the packs of marauding U-boats. Between watches he kept a record of life on board, the good times and the bad, true tales of heroism, fear and all too often death. This was the war at sea as it really was. The three books were sensationally published even while the war raged about him, and make a fascinating prelude to the post-war The Cruel Sea. Also in this edition are his other short pieces on the sea, including the stories HMS Marlborough Will Enter Harbour and The Ship That Died of Shame. Here is some of the most dramatic literature of the sea ever written, from one of the finest writers of his generation.

Author : James Schefter
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0671685015
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book All Corvettes Are Red written by James Schefter and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1998 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inside story of the people who made the Corvette a legend for over forty years, "All Corvettes Are Red" is the result of more than eight years of research by the author into every part of the world's #1 automaker. "A true labor of love".--"Booklist". of color photos.

Author : Richard Prince
Publisher : Motorbooks International
ISBN 13 : 0760372012
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Corvette 70 Years written by Richard Prince and published by Motorbooks International. This book was released on 2022-10-18 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The richly illustrated Corvette70 Years is a complete history of America’s only sports car, detailing engineering, design, and key players.

Author : Nicholas Monsarrat
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Three Corvettes written by Nicholas Monsarrat and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Randy Leffingwell
Publisher : Motorbooks International
ISBN 13 : 0760337748
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Legendary Corvettes written by Randy Leffingwell and published by Motorbooks International. This book was released on 2010-09-10 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eighteen of the most legendary Corvettes of all time--from the earliest surviving Corvette ever built for the 1953 model year to the five Grand Sport racers built by Zora Arkus-Duntov to a fifth-generation Corvette raced by the team that included father-and-son Dale Earnhardt and Dale Earnhardt Jr.--are featured in this book.

Author : Richard Prince
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781610608961
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Corvette Buyers Guide, 1953-1967 written by Richard Prince and published by . This book was released on with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Steve Holmes
Publisher : CarTech Inc
ISBN 13 : 1613258046
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Quarter-Mile Corvettes 1953-1975 written by Steve Holmes and published by CarTech Inc. This book was released on 2024-04-15 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Re-live Corvette’s early years at the drag strip! Famously known as “America’s sports car,” the Chevrolet Corvette came to market in 1953. That same year, the newly established National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) hosted its first event. The Corvette was never intended for quarter-mile drag racing, and it appeared to be completely at odds with the sport. Early equipment included an underpowered Blue Flame 6-cylinder motor and automatic transmission. But somehow, the two have become forever entwined. The Corvette brought an element of class and style to drag racing. On the showroom and on the street, it has always been unique. It is truly American. Likewise, the uniqueness that sets it apart from everything else also meant that it had no natural competition on the drag strip. However, that fact didn’t dampen enthusiasm. Indeed, the NHRA and other governing bodies introduced Sports Car divisions in the late 1950s, catering to both stock and modified vehicles. Naturally, these classes were packed with Corvettes. Racing historian Steve Holmes breaks new ground by unearthing the complete early history of the Corvette in drag racing. Quarter-Mile Corvettes focuses on the period from 1955 to 1975, which spans the first 20 years of Corvette V-8 production. Fittingly, this was also the era considered by many to be the greatest in drag racing’s history, and Corvettes encapsulated the vibrancy of the period in a way that will never be repeated. Certainly, Chevrolet never intended for the Corvette to become a quarter-mile terror, but today, its nameplate has become one of the longest running in all of drag racing.

Author : Dave McLellan
Publisher : Bentley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780837617763
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Corvette from the Inside: The 50 Year Development History as Told by Dave McLellan written by Dave McLellan and published by Bentley Publishers. This book was released on 2023-04-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Corvette From the Inside is a very different kind of Corvette book. It is a guided tour through Corvette history by a man who was intimately involved with America's favorite sports car for seventeen of the most exciting years of his professional life. The challenges McLellan faced in the 70s and early 80s as he struggled to lead the Corvette program from the edge of failure to resounding success serve as a wonderfully detailed case-study in how the American automotive industry relied on the ingenuity, intellect, and pure determination of its top engineers to resurrect itself from a near-fatal slump and compete once again with Asian and European manufacturers.Dave McLellan joined General Motors in 1959, when the Corvette was only six years old. As a result, he looks at the early tale of the Corvette from a unique insider's perspective. He recounts the background of the Corvette's creation and provides fascinating insight into the Zora Arkus-Duntov years. He discusses the technical obstacles and solutions that paralleled the development of the Corvette from a primitive and poorly executed six-cylinder sporty car to one of the fastest and best handling sports cars ever conceived.Impressed by McLellan's engineering talents, GM groomed him to assume the helm at Corvette Engineering, which he did upon Duntov's retirement in 1975. McLellan stepped into the job of Corvette Chief Engineer just as the car hit an all-time performance low. He gives his first-hand account of the transition from the underpowered C3 Corvette of the mid and late 70s to the formidable C4 and ZR-1 Corvettes with which McLellan will always be identified. In describing his experiences with the Corvette, his story traces the path of the auto industry from the dark days of the 1970s when OPEC and strangling emissions requirements took the punch out of the American muscle car, to the 1990s when the American super car-exemplified by the incredible four-cam ZR-1 Corvette-emerged as a world class competitor.