Both Sides of the Fence (eBook)

Reg Fearman (Autor)

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2014
288 Seiten
The History Press (Verlag)
978-0-7509-6099-1 (ISBN)

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'Reg Fearman is the man who knows all of speedway's secrets … and is prepared to reveal them. He has taken a unique, full-throttle, white-knuckle ride to the top as an international rider, a world-class team manager, a successful promoter and a formidable administrator. He has never ducked a confrontation, on or off the speedway track; he knows the glamorous and the murky side of a tough, fabulously exciting and sometimes cruel sport, and he spares no one's blushes … not even his own' - John Chaplin, speedway's leading historian
'From humble origins in London's East End, this is the story of how Reg Fearman became a local hero with West Ham, the cockney giants of speedway, and went on to represent his country, first as a rider at the tender age of 17, and then as an international manager. A captivating mixture of sporting achievement, politics and business and social history, it also looks at how speedway was resurrected from the doldrums of the late 1950s and dragged into a new 'Jet Age' golden era, a time which paved the way for the heights that the sport has enjoyed in the twenty-first century as a global phenomenon. Including a plethora of untold truths, revelations and a rich treasure trove of photographs, Reg lays bare for the first time the sensational inside story of the resurrection of speedway … warts and all!' - Dr Brian Belton, JP and author

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 7.7.2014
• Vorwort: Ove Fundin, John Berry
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Regional- / Landesgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Lebenshilfe / Lebensführung
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Motor- / Rad- / Flugsport
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
• Schlagworte: cockney • East End • golden era of speedway • International Manager • jet age • Resurrection of speedway • speedway racer • speedway rider • speedway rider, speedway racer, speedway track, east end, west ham, cockney, international manager, jet age, golden era of speedway, Resurrection of speedway, • speedway track • West Ham
• ISBN-10: 0-7509-6099-X / 075096099X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7509-6099-1 / 9780750960991