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Books about Rejects

Posted: 17 Aug 2017, 20:11
by dinizintheoven
So, I was idly browsing F1 Fanatic in the absence of anything better to do, and I found this:

"Stephen South: The Way It Was" reviewed

Does exactly what it says on the tin, a biography of the single-DNQ-and-then-single-legged McLaren substitute driver who everyone but us forgot.

I was sure there was a "Books about Rejects" thread before, containing some discussion about whether it's worth buying "Unraced" (which I did, and I think dr-baker did as well), but couldn't find it, so I made this one.

Also:
Everyone on this forum who hates Keith Collantine wrote:REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

There you go, I saved you the trouble.

Re: Books about Rejects

Posted: 17 Aug 2017, 21:07
by tommykl
It has already been brought up very many times, but I can't recommend Duncan Hamilton's 'Touch Wood' enough. It's filled with brilliant stories and anecdotes about him and other rejects, also serving as a great source about what motorsport was like in the 1950s.

Buy it buy it buy it.

Re: Books about Rejects

Posted: 18 Aug 2017, 07:38
by dr-baker
dinizintheoven wrote:
I was sure there was a "Books about Rejects" thread before, containing some discussion about whether it's worth buying "Unraced" (which I did, and I think dr-baker did as well), but couldn't find it, so I made this one.

Voila! I do indeed have a copy of Unraced, and as I think you told me before (either on here or in real life), that book is brilliant for its images/photos.

Re: Books about Rejects

Posted: 18 Aug 2017, 08:37
by dinizintheoven
Right, so I was looking in the wrong forum! Anyway, mods, let's keep it all together:

MERGE "threads"

(The correct response to this, incidentally, is: 0 OK, 0:1)

Re: Books about Rejects

Posted: 18 Aug 2017, 09:33
by dr-baker
dinizintheoven wrote:Right, so I was looking in the wrong forum! Anyway, mods, let's keep it all together:

MERGE "threads"

(The correct response to this, incidentally, is: 0 OK, 0:1)

It's what the quick search box at the top is for. ;)