Mille Miglia Race: The Postwar Years

In the decade from 1947 through 1957, the Mille Miglia was one of the worlds most famous motorsport events. The 1,000-kilometer race through the Italian countryside attracted some of auto racing's top drivers at the wheels of now-legendary automobiles. This book celebrates those postwar editions of the Mille Miglia with a collection of articles written about the event and published in well-known British magazines. Hundreds of previously unpublished photographs taken by official Mille Miglia photographer Alberto Sorlini combine with the fascinating journalism of the preiod to recreate the hectic atmosphere of the race.