最艰难漫长的竞赛：亨利·福特与改变美国的越野挑战赛The Hardest, Longest Race: Henry Ford and the Cross-Country Contest That Changed America

基本信息

Publisher ‏ : ‎ St. Martin's Press

Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 2, 2026

Language ‏ : ‎ English

Print length ‏ : ‎ 368 pages

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1250282675

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1250282675

Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1 pounds

Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.5 x 1.3 x 9.55 inches

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

普利策奖得主、记者埃里克·莫斯科维茨（Eric Moskowitz）带来了一部扣人心弦的著作，讲述了美国历史上首场真正意义上的横跨东西海岸汽车大赛的故事。这部节奏紧凑的小说，讲述了那些坚韧不拔、意志坚定的车手们如何克服恶劣的地形、机械故障，甚至令人震惊的蓄意破坏，后来赢得金牌。

1909年，美国拥有253家汽车制造商，这里汇聚了众多富有远见的梦想家、阴谋家和渴望成为新世纪汽车巨头的野心家。然而，当花花公子百万富翁罗伯特·古根海姆（M. Robert Guggenheim）宣布举办一场大胆的“横跨大西洋”大赛，从纽约市到西雅图世界博览会，只有三家公司胆敢出现在起跑线上：Acme、福特和Shawmut。

博彩公司看好Acme和Itala，后者是一款价格不菲的进口车，也加入了比赛。而小巧的福特——一辆外形丑陋的T型车——以及在工厂火灾后苦苦挣扎的肖穆特，则被普遍看衰。事实上，许多人认为这些车根本无法抵达西雅图，因为它们需要穿越4106英里的山路、泥泞沼泽、被冲毁的马车桥和险峻的峡谷小径，而那时还没有沥青公路、安全带和加油站。

但亨利·福特决心证明T型车能够跑完全程，并击败那些动力强劲的豪华轿车——他不想听天由命。果然，比赛开始三周多后，一辆福特车比肖穆特车提前几个小时冲过了终点线。

然而，这场胜利却是一场骗局。

《最艰难、最漫长的比赛》讲述了一个充满野心和阴谋的精彩故事，同时也是一封写给二十世纪初美国的深情情书。随着一辆看似平民英雄——一辆大众汽车——穿越广袤的国土，莫斯科维茨生动地描绘了这辆车即将改变的多元化人口和地貌。

From Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Eric Moskowitz comes the riveting story of the first true coast-to-coast automobile race in U.S. history, a fast-paced tale of the gritty and determined drivers who braved hostile terrain, mechanical failure, and, shockingly, sabotage, to take home the gold.

In 1909, America was home to 253 automakers, a landscape of visionaries, schemers, and would-be barons of the new century. But when playboy millionaire M. Robert Guggenheim announced an audacious “Ocean to Ocean” contest from New York City to the Seattle World’s Fair, only three companies were brassy enough to show up at the starting line: Acme, Ford, and Shawmut.

Oddsmakers favored the Acme and Itala, a pricy import also joining the race, while dismissing the pint-sized Ford ― a homely little number called the Model T― and the long-shot Shawmut, struggling to survive after a factory fire. In fact, many didn’t believe any of the cars would reach Seattle at all, as they would need to forge a 4,106-mile course of mountain ranges, mud bogs, washed-out wagon bridges, and harrowing canyon trails, long before the era of asphalt highways, seatbelts, and service stations.

But Henry Ford was intent on proving that the Model T could go the distance and beat out the muscular luxury cars---and he didn’t plan to leave it to chance. Indeed, a little over three weeks after the race began, a Ford crossed the line hours ahead of the Shawmut.

Except that victory was a fraud.

The Hardest, Longest Race is a colorful tale of ambition and subterfuge, but it is also a love letter to America at the turn of the Twentieth Century. As a seeming people’s champion―a car for the masses―traverses the vast nation, Moskowitz brings to vivid life the diverse populace and landscape that it would soon transform.

作者简介

埃里克·莫斯科维茨曾在《波士顿环球报》工作12年，负责交通报道，并作为团队成员之一，因对波士顿马拉松爆炸案的报道而荣获普利策奖。他曾为《大西洋月刊》和《纽约时报》撰稿，作品也曾收录于《美国最佳体育写作》和《美国最佳报纸叙事文集》中。他毕业于宾夕法尼亚大学，主修美国历史，目前与妻子和孩子居住在波士顿附近。

ERIC MOSKOWITZ spent 12 years at The Boston Globe, where he covered transportation and was part of the team that received the Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the Boston Marathon bombing. He has written for The Atlantic and The New York Times, and his work has appeared in The Best American Sports Writing and The Best American Newspaper Narratives anthologies. He studied American history at the University of Pennsylvania and lives near Boston with his wife and children.