Shelby: The Man. The Cars. The Legend. »

The author is a native of Detroit. His first career following graduation from Wayne State was marketing Detroit-made muscle cars. His previous book, Shelby’s Wildlife: The Cobras and the Mustangs, was in print for 17 years. His magazine articles are found in Motor Trend, Car and Driver, and Auto and Motor Sport.

Carroll Hall Shelby was a character, an icon in car culture, and has accomplished and failed at many things in life from chicken farmer to an 83 year old man who is now (again) advising Ford on the creation of a Shelby Mustang. The book goes back into Shelby’s history in racing, the beginnings of the Cobra, the Daytona, the 427 Cobra, Ford’s battle for LeMans, the front drive Shelby Dodges, the infamous Series I, Shelby’s participation in the development of the Viper, his quarter century-long running battle with the army of Cobra clonesters, and much more.