{"product_id":"race-across-the-world-john-smailes-9781760876951","title":"Race Across the World: The Incredible Story of the World's Greatest Road Race - The 1968 London to Sydney Marathon","description":"In 1968, 98 competitors stormed out of London on the world's greatest automotive adventure, the London to Sydney Marathon, the most ambitious and epic car race ever staged. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Four weeks later they arrived in Sydney--or, at least, half of them did. The others lay in ruin along its 10,000-mile route. Unimaginable now in either concept or execution, the marathon captured the rapt attention of the countries through which it passed, and of the world, as it created front-page news. It was more than a car race, more than a rally, more than the trials that opened up outback Australia only a decade before: it was the world's most grueling test of driver and vehicle. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For Australians, the race became a focal point of the rivalry between local car-manufacturing giants Holden and Ford, as the Monaro Coupe and the iconic Falcon GT went head to head. Neither was to win, but the story of their duel is motor-sporting legend. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e John Smailes was a young journalist at the time, covering the race for the \u003ci\u003eSydney Daily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e. Fifty years after this extraordinary race was run, John's dramatic, compelling, and utterly fascinating story-drawing on his own first-hand, eyewitness account and enhanced by in-depth interviews over the intervening years with all the race's key participants-brings the marathon vividly to life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Smailes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 176087695X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781760876951\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Allen \u0026amp; Unwin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.20w x 1.30d","brand":"John Smailes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44048024109311,"sku":"9781760876951","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5081f01e-0082-41ef-b6d5-3981afd32076.jpg?v=1684993459","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/race-across-the-world-john-smailes-9781760876951","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}