Carroll Shelby: The Authorized Biography

Written with Carroll Shelby's full collaboration and with a foreword by Edsel B. Ford II, the great-grandson of Henry Ford, this is the definitive record of America's preeminent twentieth century sports car builder and racer--now in paperback.

• Childhood in Texas
• Wartime service with the Army Air Force
• Postwar entrepreneurship
• Earliest race wins in 1952
• Legendary 1959 victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans
• Monumental release of the first Cobra and the formation of Shelby American in 1962
• Historical partnership with Ford that would last for decades
• Personal interests and travels
• Present-day legacy

Fascinating photographs from Shelby's personal collection complete a book whose original hardcover edition was published mere weeks before his passing, making Carroll Shelby: The Authorized Biographya magnificent and lasting tribute to one of the greatest automotive figures of the twentieth century.

Rinsey Mills has owned AC sports cars, both pre-war and post-war, for forty years. He has restored some and raced others. His books include Original AC Ace and Cobra and Essential AC Cobra.