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In The Fast Times of Albert Champion, the first biography of the legendary founder of ACDelco and Champion Spark Plug, Peter Joffre Nye uncovers the remarkable and important story of the Jazz Age celebrity/daredevil and devilish genius from Paris who made his fortune in America and cavorted with Lindbergh, Durant, Chevrolet (and Chevrolet's wife)--and died mysteriously like he lived, in the fast lane. --MICHAEL CAPUZZO, author of the New York Times bestsellers Close to Shore and The Murder Room Albert Champion may be largely forgotten, but he seems to have been everywhere at a time when the world found new ways of fast transport--racing bicycles and motorcycles and cars--and then, after somehow outriding death, he became one of the most successful entrepreneurs of the wild new automobile industry. Bon vivant, a charmer, even a bit of a scoundrel, Champion is brought wonderfully to life by Peter Nye in an engaging biography of the man who lived up to his name, speeding through life on and off the track. --FRANK DEFORD, author and sports commentator on NPR's Morning Edition Albert Champion's life gives us a view of our history that is full of surprises and highly entertaining to boot. Nye knows how to transform treasure troves of historical detail into a gripping story set in a brilliantly illuminated period of American life--when the bicycle was the icon of glamour and speed. --SUZANNAH LESSARD, author of The Architect of Desire

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Peter Joffre Nye has written for the Washington Post, USA Today, Sports Illustrated, the Denver Post, and many other publications. Among his many books is Peak Business Performance under Pressure, which he coauthored with Bill Driscoll. He also wrote the script for the documentary The Six-Day Bicycle Races: America's Jazz-Age Sport and converted it to a coffee-table book with the same title. He studied at Ball State University and the London School of Economics, and he earned an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Goucher College.

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