New SHELBY book alert, sometime in 2012

[Historybuff]

Found: A new book announcement:

Title: Carroll Shelby: The Authorized Biography
Author: Rinsey Mills
Format: Hardcover
Publish Date: January 2012*
ISBN-10: 0760340560
ISBN-13: 9780760340561
List Price: $35.00

*other press releases have the release date as April 15, 2012 so maybe it's different dates
for different countries.

It must be a hefty tome, 464 pages would be at least two inches thick. No info yet on the number of color pictures vs. black and white. Rinsey Mills is based in England, and authored previous books on Cobras.
Below is the publisher's press release copy quoted in its entirety. If you're the first to get the book please give us all a book report...
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About This Book:

Title: Carroll Shelby: The Authorized Biography

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Details
Author: Rinsey Mills
Language: English
Pages: 464
Publisher: Motorbooks Intl

Publisher Notes

When Ford wanted to add some spice to it’s newly introduced Mustang, it turned to former racer Texan Carroll Shelby. The resulting cars proved to be the definitive performance Mustangs of the muscle-car era.

The choice made sense. Shelby had proven himself a force to be reckoned with on the racetrack, in the tuning shop, and in the auto industry. By the time Ford hired Shelby to create a high-performance version of its Mustang, the man was already an automotive legend.
Early in his career, Shelby’s accomplishments as a race car driver included breaking land speed records at Bonneville in 1954 for Austin-Healey and winning Le Mans in 1959 alongside teammate Roy Salvadori. As a team manager, Carroll was a part of the FIA World Grand Touring Championship as well as the Ford GT victories at Le Mans.
When his health forced him to give up racing in 1960, Carroll turned his attention to design. He had a vision of creating a race car mating a lightweight European chassis with American V-8 power. The result was what is considered perhaps the greatest sports car and one of the fastest road cars ever constructed—the Shelby Cobra. The Shelby Mustangs he built for Ford in concert with his own Cobras made Carroll Shelby a household name in the 1960s. Throughout the decades, Shelby has remained at the leading edge of automotive performance.
After undergoing successful heart transplant surgery, a grateful Carroll decided to use his reputable name for a good cause. In October 1991, he created the Carroll Shelby Children’s Foundation, dedicated to providing assistance for acute coronary and kidney care for children in need. In 1992, Carroll Shelby was inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame.Shelby continues to impact the world of racing and automobile design. He is likely the only person to have worked at a visible level with all three American automobile manufacturers. His charisma, vision, and ability to know the best person for the job have made him a master organizer and team leader able to produce consistently impressive results. Even today, Ford’s premier Mustang carries the Shelby name and iconic snake logo.
This book is the complete, authorized biography of Carroll Shelby, the story every enthusiast has always wanted to read.
Shelby website: www.shelbyautos.com

[CobraEd]

Two inches thick. Sounds like a hellova big book


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[Historybuff]

I was waiting for a review copy of this book
but am now told there will be no version printed by a US publisher
which means
-I will have to wait until the British publisher publishes it
-I will have to order it from across the pond.
I don't think it will be $35 anymore...but even if it's $50, a book that
thick ought to be worth it, especially if it has lots of never-seen-before art.

[Historybuff]

It has taken me ten hours to get 3/4 of the way through this massive book, which is about the size of The Dust and The Glory. It is obvious Mr. Mills had unlimited access to not only Shelby but former employees, ex-wives, etc. Only found tiny mistakes, but there's a lot of new information here. I am surprised there's only pictures in a few scattered sections, so this is a primarily words book. I can already recommend it is worth the money as on Amazon.com it's only $23.10. If you have some vacation time coming up and will spend the weekend at the cottage , whatever, this will keep you occupied. When I write a book review I'll post here what website it's on. But so far, I'm very impressed with the depth of the research.

Ps if you are going to the Pomona salute to the Cobra I'll have the book on display there at my fine art booth...

[london]

Most of these books have some errors - Colin Comer stated in his recent book that Shelby restyled the front of the AC Ace to turn it into the Cobra. The truth of course as we all know is that AC had already done the job for the Ace 2.6 version in 1961.

[Daveymac]

Colin Comer's book is nice, but like all period books it does have errors. Surprised though to see a photo on pg 43 tagged as "Bob Holbert taking a young lady for a spin in CSX 2127" - when it's actually Carrol himself behind the wheel.

And not sure who's right here (i tend to go with Comer's research) but on pg 35 & 37 he has a picture of my father leaning on a Cobra at Riverside '63 and he's tagged it as CSX2002. Says it's the same Cobra that Bill Krause ran before my father was hired. (My father won that Riverside race in that Cobra). But here at the Shelby American Collection site Shelby American Museum - they show CSX2026 winning that Riverside race.

Any insight?