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Volume 2

Volume Overview

Volume 2 is devoted to “The People” and includes nearly 60 detailed biographies of individuals that were involved in the Pebble Beach Road Race. This includes drivers who went on to race professionally, including Phil Hill, Carroll Shelby, Ken Miles, Richie Ginther, Chuck Daigh, and others.

Additionally, there is significant focus on the histories of many lesser-known individuals including Pebble Beach race organizers, amateur drivers, team owners, and artisans who performed work on the cars.

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Features

  • Four volume set, numbered and signed by the author
  • 1,750 pages with more than 300,000 words of engaging text
  • More than 1,500 sublime historic photographs, each one spot gloss varnished
  • 180 tables containing robust data, including a complete roster of all drivers that competed at Pebble Beach
  • Top-quality arthouse printing and paper
  • Fold-flat durable binding for each volume
  • Beautiful and sturdy slipcase to house all four volumes
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Heroes of the Forest: The Complete History of the Pebble Beach Road Race

Heroes of the Forest: The Complete History of the Pebble Beach Road Race

Heroes of the Forest is a four-volume book set that passionately tells the story of the Pebble Beach Road Race, which was contested from 1950 through 1956 over the winding roads of the Del Monte Forest. The events were exciting and dangerous, and they launched the careers of many of America’s top drivers. Authored by automotive enthusiast, collector, racer, researcher, and journalist Mark R. Brinker, this engaging and entertaining book set chronicles the Pebble Beach races, competitors, and cars with a depth and detail never before assembled in a single work.

Only 1,000 signed and numbered book sets will be produced. Secure your copy today before they're gone.

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Inside Volume 2

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"The quality of the research, writing, and final product is simply epic. I just can’t put down this entertaining and revealing four-volume set. These books are a must have!"

Bruce Meyer | Founding Chairman, Petersen Automotive Museum

Additional Praise

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"...with Mark Brinker's brand-new detailed narrative, participant profiles, copious period photographs, meticulous race data, and charted results, Heroes of the Forest, in its nearly 1,700 pages, is far more than another big and handsome racing history. It is a living experience putting readers right into that time and place of this freshly compelling and definitive Pebble Beach Race story."

William Edgar

Senior Motorsport Journalist
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"...The first thing I totally admired about this “tome of tomes” is the size and layout of the photographs...The races are covered magnificently, and the book doesn’t stop there. So much coverage of the atmosphere around the races, which greatly adds to the flavor and makes you think you are actually there."

Allen R. Kuhn

Automotive Photographer
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"Heroes of the Forest by Mark Brinker is by every measure the most fascinating treatment of the Pebble Beach road races ever published. The exhaustive research, data summaries, and biographical information are simple to understand, and the selection of photos is unexcelled both in quantity and content...each volume is so engaging that one will want to immediately pick up the next, secure in the knowledge that even the highest of expectations will be far exceeded."

Leslie M. Kendall

Chief Historian, Petersen Automotive Museum
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"Mark Brinker's thorough and comprehensive history of the Pebble Beach Road Races is one of the most beautifully researched and presented works, not just on the subject of a particular event but on any facet of motoring history. Providing a thrilling retelling of the people, races, cars, and story...Whether you're a dyed-in-the-wool car enthusiast who regularly attends the Pebble Beach Concours and Monterey Car Week or a casual fan interested in learning more about a fascinating bit of American history, Heroes of the Forest is a must-have read box set."

Eric Minoff

Head of Department, Bonhams Cars United States
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Preview Vol. 1

The Story Begins

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Preview Vol. 3

The Cars

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Preview Vol. 4

The Races