I think I might check to see if the library can get these. I did find
a Macklin interview were he was talking about the accident. I also
just found out that thier is some color footage, but don't think I am
going to be able to get that.
Patton
On Sun, 09 Jan 2005 20:54:56 -0500, Bob Haskell <rchaskell@earthlink.net> wrote:
> There are also a couple newer books that cover it:
>
> 1) Against Death and Time, by Brock Yates - a fictional narrator covers the
>racing in 1955 which was a bad year including Alberto Ascari at Monza, Bill
>Vuckovich at Indy, Le Mans, and James Dean. Although one doesn't want an
>author to just rehash what has already been written, I was a little
>disappointed to learn that Brock wasn't aware of Mark Kahn's book when he
>wrote his.
>
> 2) Le Mans '55 by Christopher Hilton - "new" in Motorbooks January 2005
>catalog.
>
> I liked the first, haven't bought the second one yet. Kahn's book is good -
>a large part based on Lance Macklin's recollections.
>
> Bob
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