Faster by Neal Bascomb: Schedule and Background Reading

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Our book club's first selection is Faster by Neal Bascomb. An exciting and important read, Faster is an incredible tale of underdogs defeating Nazi Germany in competition, right next to Jesse Owens and the "Boys in the Boat" rowing team.

See below for our schedule and additional reading materials about the story and the author. Be sure to check back on April 23 for the author's discussion questions on the first half of the book, and save the dates for our webinar discussions on April 30 and May 14, including author Neal Bascomb to wrap up!

Itinerary for discussions and events:
April 16: Introduce our book club and first selection
April 23: Post the author's discussion questions for first half of book
April 30: Live stream or recorded webinar discussion of first half of book
May 14: Live stream or recorded webinar wrap-up discussion with the author, followed by announcement of our next selection.

Author website with press release, Q&A, and more info:
http://nealbascomb.com/faster/

Articles by the author Neal Bascomb:
https://www.thedrive.com/news/32751/h...

https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-cult...

Interviews and podcasts:
https://www.historynet.com/neal-basco...

https://historyauthor.com/2020/03/nea...

https://noparkingpodcast.com/podcast/...

Reviews (some may require subscription login):
https://jalopnik.com/motorsport-polit...

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/17/bo...

https://www.wsj.com/articles/faster-r...