Item #009809 Gilles Villeneuve: The Life of the Legendary Racing Driver. Gerald Donaldson.

Gilles Villeneuve: The Life of the Legendary Racing Driver

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1989. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Near Fine / Near Fine. Item #009809

Full black paper boards. 352 pp. [16] pp. colour and B&W photos. Spine slightly tilted. Near fine overall. Author Gerald Donaldson, an award-winning journalist and commentator, covered Gilles Villeneuve's first and last Formula I races and many of those in between. In this first full-length authoritative biography of the spectacular French-Canadian driver, Donaldson captures all the drama and emotion, humour and heartbreak of a life lived at the limit. The truth about Gilles Villeneuve is more remarkable than any fiction, a rags-to-riches saga of his rise from obscurity to triumph over adversity to achieve undreamed of fame and fortune.

Price: $35.00

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