Jason Fagone: 3 books

Book cover of Horsemen of the Esophagus

Horsemen of the Esophagus

Competitive Eating and the Big Fat American Dream

by Jason Fagone
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2006

“To be up on stage, shoving food in your face, beats everyday existence for most people.” —David “Coondog” O’Karma, competitive eater “Hungry” Charles Hardy. Ed “Cookie” Jarvis. Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas. Joey “Jaws” Chestnut. Will such names one day be looked...
Book cover of The Woman Who Smashed Codes

The Woman Who Smashed Codes

A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine Who Outwitted America's Enemies

by Jason Fagone
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2017

NATIONAL BESTSELLER NPR Best Book of 2017 “Not all superheroes wear capes, and Elizebeth Smith Friedman should be the subject of a future Wonder Woman movie.” — The New York Times Joining the ranks of Hidden Figures and In the Garden of Beasts, the incredible true story...
Book cover of Ingenious

Ingenious

A True Story of Invention, Automotive Daring, and the Race to Revive America

by Jason Fagone
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013

An epic tale of invention, in which ordinary people’s lives are changed forever by their quest to engineer a radically new kind of car In 2007, the X Prize Foundation announced that it would give $10 million to anyone who could build a safe, mass-producible car that could travel 100 miles...
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