A.J. Baime
A.J. Baime was born on July 24th, 1971 and is currently 54 years old. A.J. Baime was born in New Jersey, USA. Baime attended the University of New Hampshire where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree and New York University where he received a Master of Arts degree.
A.J. Baime is an American public speaker, journalist, and author. He’s a regular contributor to
The Wall Street Journal.
Shortly after graduating from New York University in 1997, he broke into journalism by working at magazines like
The Village Voice,
GQ, and
Rolling Stone as a freelance fact checker.
AJ started his first full time writing job at
Maxim magazine in 1998. over the following 15 years, he worked at various publications, finally becoming an executive editor at
Boston,
Playboy, and
Maxim magazines.
During that same time, he started writing for other publications, like
The Wall Street Journal, where he writes his “My Ride” column, a weekly column focusing on people that have a particularly passion for a specific sort of motorcycle or automobile.
Thomas is known for his work as an automotive journalist, having been a contributing editor to
Road & Track, and was on the launch team of
TheDrive, Time Inc.’s online car magazine.
Go Like Hell, his 2009 book, was adapted into a movie in 2019, called
Ford v. Ferrari. The book won the Ken Purdy Award for best writing in the automotive space.
Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans is an epic tale. By the 1960s, the Ford Motor Company, which was originally built to bring automobile transportation to the masses, had been falling behind. Young Henry Ford II, who’d took control of his grandpa’s company without much business experience to speak of, knew that he would have to do something in order to shake things up. Baby boomers had been taking to the road in droves, looking for speed over safety, and style over comfort.
Meanwhile, Enzo Ferrari, whose own cars epitomized style, lorded it over the European racing scene. He crafted such beautiful sports cars, or rolling science fiction, however also was referred to the Assassin, since so many drivers died racing them.
This book tells the remarkable tale of exactly how Henry Ford II, with help from this young visionary named Lee Iacocca and an ex-racing champion turned engineer, named Carroll Shelby, concocted this scheme to reinvent the Ford company. They’d enter this high-stakes world of European car racing, where this adventurous few threw sanity and safety to the wind.
They would build, design, and race a car that was able to beat Ferrari at his own game at the most brutal and prestigious race in the whole world, something that no other American car had been able to do.
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A.J. Baime: F.A.Q
When was A.J. Baime Born? How old is A.J. Baime?
A.J. Baime was born on July 24th, 1971. A.J. Baime is currently 54 years old.
Where was A.J. Baime Born?
A.J. Baime was born in New Jersey, USA and is American.
What was the first book A.J. Baime wrote?
The first book written by A.J. Baime was Big Shots: The Men Behind the Booze, published in 2003.
What was the most recent book A.J. Baime wrote?
His most recently released work was Survival of the Fastest: Weed, Speed, and the 1980s Drug Scandal that Shocked the Sports World on August 2nd, 2022.
What is the most popular book by A.J. Baime?
Based on the number of readers on Book Notification, the most popular A.J. Baime book is
The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World. Here are his most popular books:
- The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World (8.67)
- Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans (9)
- The Arsenal of Democracy: FDR, Ford Motor Company, and Their Epic Quest to Arm an America at War (10)
Are there upcoming new books by A.J. Baime?
A.J. Baime does not have any upcoming books with a set publication date within the next few months at this time.
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How many books has A.J. Baime written?
A.J. Baime has written 8 books. 6 Non-Fiction Books, 2 books in the 's Biographies & Memoirs.