Land Speed Record Breakers
- ISBN-10
- 0822504383
- ISBN-13
- 9780822504382
- Category
- Automobiles, Racing
- Pages
- 47
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1981
- Publisher
- Lerner Publications
- Author
- Richard L. Knudson
Description
Relates the adventures of drivers who have sought to break the record for the fastest known speed for a car driven on land.
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