Ralph De Palma: The Fastest Man on Earth

Ralph De Palma—hailed as the fastest man on earth—tells the story of one of racing’s greatest drivers. This biography follows the arc of his life, from a childhood in a small Apulian village to his relocation to the United States; a shift from a peasant civilization of the early 1900s to a sprawling metropolis envisioned for the future. The dreams of a poor boy who leaves his mother and homeland to seek fortune overseas come true on the race circuits where his car forces every opponent to eat his dust.