The exceptional @ericmoskowitz.bsky.social gave me several hours of his time to talk about his latest book, "The Hardest, Longest Race", including what it took to revive a race from 1909! Check out the full conversation: deadlypassionsterriblejoys.substack.com/p/how-eric-m...

How Eric Moskowitz brought a century-old race back to life

Eric Moskowitz, award-winning journalist and author of "The Hardest, Longest Race," on what it takes to reconstruct early automotive history

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This was fun to write, about a 101yo @harvard.edu alum who grew up in straitened circumstances, served in WWII, became a pioneering postwar hi-tech exec, and turned to art in retirement. Mainly a sculptor, his paintings now hang in Zimmer Hall (Science Center) current.fas.harvard.edu/stories/age-...

At age 101, alum gifts ‘big, geometric, colorful’ artwork to the FAS

“Well, what does one do now?” David Bakalar ’47 asked, grinning, at a recent reception.

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On a damp, gray day in Boston, I’m thinking of Seattle—not the weather but b/c I’m still beaming about this event last week @brick-mortar.bsky.social in conversation with the great @walsh.bsky.social, and all the old friends & new faces! We sold out, but I signed bookplates for when it’s restocked!

As a former @bostonglobe.com transportation reporter, I shed a tear at the sight of this misplaced child-size @mbta.com Green Line sweatshirt at PDX airport (3,000 miles from Park Street)

The Hardest, Longest Race by Eric Moskowitz is an informative and entertaining wild ride through auto #history. #NonFiction #Audiobooks #NetGalley #BookSky 💙📚 @ericmoskowitz.bsky.social @stmartinspress.bsky.social www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

For today’s also not-quite-a #LayoverLibrary, I’m reading ‘The Hardest, Longest Race’ by @ericmoskowitz.bsky.social. The book recounts the thrilling 1909 Ocean-to-Ocean race that propelled Ford’s Model T to a sales success through dubious tactics and sunk a little known Boston automaker.

Seattle-area folks! Come see me in conversation tonight with the great @walsh.bsky.social at 6:30 pm @brick-mortar.bsky.social in Redmond. Can’t wait!

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Tomorrow (Mon, June 29) is our event w/ @ericmoskowitz.bsky.social! 🚘 The author of THE HARDEST, LONGEST RACE will be in conversation w/local podcaster Andrew Walsh to discuss this nonfiction. Car buffs and history buffs unite! Event begins at 6:30 and no sign-up or registration required. #booksky

Tomorrow (Mon, June 29) is our event w/ @ericmoskowitz.bsky.social! 🚘 The author of THE HARDEST, LONGEST RACE will be in conversation w/local podcaster Andrew Walsh to discuss this nonfiction. Car buffs and history buffs unite! Event begins at 6:30 and no sign-up or registration required. #booksky

Honored to be highlighted among @csmonitor.bsky.social's best books of the summer. And thank you, Danny Heitman — “voluminous research and wry humor” is a great compliment, and I'm going to have to start using "moneyed rake" & "precarious odyssey" in my book talks! www.csmonitor.com/layout/set/a...

History buffs 🤝🏽 Car buffs One week from today (on Mon, 6/29 at 6:30), we'll be joined by Pulitzer prize-winning journalist @ericmoskowitz.bsky.social in conversation with public radio veteran Andrew Walsh to celebrate Eric's debut nonfiction book THE HARDEST, LONGEST RACE! #booksky

Love these graphics @stmartinspress.bsky.social came up with to promote THE HARDEST, LONGEST RACE! There's still time to pick up a copy for any dads — or anyone who likes a good yarn, braided with snapshots of America in 1909 — in your life as a gift today! Happy to mail you a signed bookplate, too!

Excited and honored to be speaking about my book tonight at the Boston Athenaeum — a treasured cultural institution (and my home base for receiving interlibrary loans of microfilm from across the country, in the loveliest of settings). Still a few tix left! events.bostonathenaeum.org/en-US/eric-m...

I love "The Curiosity Desk" on @wgbh.org with Edgar B. Herwick III! Excited to be joining in the latter half of the 1-2 pm hour today to chat about my book. You can catch it on-air or via GBH's YouTube simulcast, or archived afterward there or thru the show's podcast! www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XB6...

Boston Public Radio, The Curiosity Desk, & The Culture Show Live Monday, June 15, 2026

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On this date in 1909, a little known car from Boston called the Shawmut clung to an unlikely lead over two Model Ts deep into a cross-country race — only to find a Ford fixer & armed guard blocking their way in WY. Read more in my book excerpt in @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

The Race That Put Ford on the Map

At the dawn of the automobile age, four teams set out to test the limits of their machines—and of human endurance.

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When I worked for @bostonglobe.com, I always loved to buy it at the newsstand while traveling on my way to the gate, especially if it had my byline. What a thrill to come back home from a few tour stops and see my name in the Globe again for the first time in years! Thanks, @katekilla.bsky.social!

Philly! Come out to Head House Books at 6:30 tonight to hear about my new book THE HARDEST, LONGEST RACE, in conversation with Paul Hendrickson. Should be a lot of fun! (And don’t just take my word for it; look at these happy people at my NYC reading 😊) headhousebooks.com/event/2026-0...

While “the competition would strike the public as a test of the merits of each type of automobile—and the limits of human endurance—one thing would matter most of all: which competitor was willing to do whatever it would take to win,” Eric Moskowitz writes:

The Race That Changed the Country

At the dawn of the automobile age, four teams set out to test the limits of their machines—and of human endurance.

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So honored and excited to be able to share an excerpt of my book in @theatlantic.com today, before my first reading this afternoon and the official launch Tuesday! www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

The Race That Changed the Country

At the dawn of the automobile age, four teams set out to test the limits of their machines—and of human endurance.

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My book is finally here! Come join me on tour! While I won’t be retracing all 4,106 miles of the 1909 Ocean-to-Ocean Race, I have several events lined up, with more to come. If you can't make it, visit ericmoskowitz.com & I'll mail you a signed custom bookplate! Thanks!

So honored to have made this @startribune.com list of "Five books we can't wait to read in June" — alongside the novelist behind "Hamnet" and the Kelce brother's literary debut! www.startribune.com/no-dumb-ques...

Five books we can't wait to read in June

Featuring something new from the novelist behind “Hamnet,” blood-and-guts and the Kelce brothers’ literary debut.

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6yo: “Ref says redo!” Me: “Remember, buddy, in baseball it’s not called a ref; it’s an umpire.” 6yo: “What’s an empire?”

#BookReview: The Hardest Longest Race by @ericmoskowitz.bsky.social (via @stmartinspress.bsky.social ). Detailed Yet Approachable #History of Historic And Even Monumental Event That Is Virtually Unknown. #amreading #nonfiction #car #automobile #race #HenryFord #Interstate #USA #BookSky 📚💙💡

Wow! Just got a really positive review in the WSJ from Roger Lowenstein! "... brisk prose that keeps our interest for the 4,106 miles to Seattle ... Mr. Moskowitz’s rendering has the feel of a travelogue tracking Lewis and Clark, updated for the machine age." www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

‘The Hardest, Longest Race’ Review: From New York to Seattle

The Ocean to Ocean Race pitted speed versus endurance in an age of undeveloped roads. Henry Ford felt his cars could compete with luxury brands.

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Sad to hear about the death of Barney Frank, the most lightning-quick person I ever interviewed at the Globe, in or out of politics, and one of the most interesting, too. Great, sweeping obituary here from David Shribman www.bostonglobe.com/2026/05/20/m...

Barney Frank, groundbreaking gay congressman who coauthored key Wall Street legislation, has died - The Boston Globe

Frank died Tuesday evening in his Ogunquit, Maine, home of complications from congestive heart failure. He was 86.

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Just did my first podcast, two weeks before my book comes out. What a pleasure to join Blaine DeSantis for Books & Looks! share.transistor.fm/s/f4a494cb

The 1909 Race Henry Ford Cheated to Win - Eric Moskowitz on "The Hardest, Longest Race" | Books & Looks | Episode 152

Discover the wild true story of the 1909 transcontinental auto race! Author Eric Moskowitz reveals how Henry Ford cheated to win The Hardest, Longest Race.Episode Resources:"The Hardest, Longest Race"...

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Excited to share that my book comes out in 15 days, and I just got a starred review from Kirkus! www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

Really enjoyed getting to meet Richard Glazunov and share his story! Back in 2012, he was skipping school to play video games at home or handball at the park in Brooklyn. Now, on the far side of military service, he's about to graduate from Harvard current.fas.harvard.edu/stories/afte...

After failing out and dropping out, Marine vet set to graduate

“The one compliment I’ll give myself is I’ve done a really good job at learning from those mistakes,” says Richard Glazunov ’26.

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In an unlikely turn, my 6yo went from elation to agony when he opened the pizza I brought home and discovered it did NOT have anchovies (or as he put it, “those tiny fish in the little container that I had with Grandpa”) … though he bounced back a second later

Hat tip to Kevin from AAA, who just jumpstarted the ancient Honda Fit we inherited from my mother-in-law — and who, flipping the usual question after hearing about my book (“How’d Ford cheat?”), said “Wait! Don’t ruin it! I’m gonna buy the book!”

So great to see my friend (and former Globe podmate) @davabel.bsky.social and his wonderful — and deeply personal — short film “The Petal Pusher” @iffboston.bsky.social tonight, an ode to family, flowers, and Penn Station www.petalpusherfilm.com