{"product_id":"1001-steve-mcqueen-facts-the-rides-roles-and-realities-of-the-king-of-cool","title":"1001 Steve McQueen Facts The Rides, Roles and Realities of the King of Cool","description":"Steve McQueen touched the world through his largerthan-\nlife onscreen persona, portraying characters who\nwere flawed and realistic. He played his roles to perfection\ndue to his own imperfections and the bitter realism of his\nearly life. As he once said, he had seemingly lived an entire\nlifetime before his 18th birthday, all of which shines through\nin his signature blue-eyed icy stares.\n\nHis legacy on film was cemented with Bullitt and Le\nMans–the first made him an international superstar while\nthe latter nearly bankrupted and killed him. Today, they’re\namong his most popular films. He held nothing back on\nscreen or in life, and today he is remembered and revered\nnot only for his acting but for his racing prowess and\nthe world-class automobile and motorcycle collection he\namassed in a relatively short amount of time.\n\nVehicles once owned, driven, or raced by “The King of\nCool” habitually sell for double or triple what their provenance-\nlacking counterparts do. Ask any 25-year-old car or\nmotorcycle nut born more than a decade after his death\nwho Steve McQueen is, and they’ll immediately recognize\nthe collector and racer but make no mention of the actor.\nAuthor Tyler Greenblatt has waded through the plethora of\ninformation available to compile 1,001 of the most interesting\nSteve McQueen facts in this cumulative volume that is\nsure to keep fans of the actor, racer, and collector enthralled\nfor hours.\n\n• Steve McQueen is the most iconic Hollywood star\nassociated with the automobile\n• This book will feature facts of Steve McQueen’s life.\nCovered will be his iconic movie roles, automobiles,\nand off-camera life\n• With 1,001 different facts on Steve McQueen’s career,\nthere will be something for everyone in this book\n\nAbout the Author\n\nTyler Greenblatt has been passionate about cars and\nmotorcycles since day one. His parents hooked him on\ninternal combustion when they had a jump seat installed\nin the back of their 1966 Sting Ray coupe so that a baby\nseat could be secured. During his time at American Iron,\nhe wrote American Iron Magazine Presents 1,001 Harley-\nDavidson Facts, which was published by CarTech Books\nin 2017. He followed that up in 2018 with The Corvette\nHunter: Kevin Mackay’s Greatest Corvette Finds, which\nwas a joint effort with longtime friend and world-class Corvette\nrestorer Kevin Mackay. His latest CarTech project,\n1,001 Steve McQueen Facts is his biggest undertaking\nyet, combining his love of both cars and motorcycles, and\nhis fascination with The King of Cool himself.","brand":"MidlifeClassicCars.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32248132796487,"sku":"14499","price":23.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0057\/9813\/3831\/files\/14499.jpg?v=1772285022","url":"https:\/\/www.midlifeclassiccars.com\/bs\/products\/1001-steve-mcqueen-facts-the-rides-roles-and-realities-of-the-king-of-cool","provider":"MidlifeClassicCars.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}