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The author, having grown up ski-racing and driving fast cars, examines the life of an individual, his friends and their role models who were strongly motivated by exciting, thrilling, and potentially dangerous activities. There are direct costs to such a life-style: broken backs and death-by-avalanche to name just two. Equally compelling are the concerns about a spectator's responsibility for blood sports and the tragic effects of loss on family and friends. These weighty issues are treated in a light and engaging way through short personal anecdotes and an extensive photographic essay of some of the most iconic race cars of the last 50 years. Some have called the book a love story between a young man and beautiful, sexy, and dangerous cars. The author sees the work as a cathartic review of a pivotal facet of a notable life.

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The author grew up ski racing and driving cars fast before he was old enough for a license. He developed a passion for race cars and an admiration for the men who drove them. A serious accident in the Austrian Alps changed the trajectory of his life and the author became a Foreign Service Officer. He lived and worked around the world with his wife and children, and maintains his love of cars and racing to this day. The author was presented with the Secretary's Career Achievement Award in recognition of his many outstanding contributions during a distinguished career of diplomatic service from 1984 to 2010. He continues to closely observe technological and aesthetic advances in racing, especially in Formula One. Perhaps another book, about the new era in F1 cars will follow.

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