Rome 1960 : the Olympics that changed the world / David Maraniss.
Rome 1960 : the Olympics that changed the world / David Maraniss.
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New York : Simon & Schuster, 2008.
Date
2008.
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N796.48/379
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English
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Physical content
xiii, 478 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents
1. All the Way to Moscow -- 2. All Roads to Rome -- 3. No Monarch Ever Held Sway -- 4. May the Best Man Win -- 5. Out of the Shadows -- 6. Heat -- 7. Quicker Than the Eye -- 8. Upside Down -- 9. Track & Field News -- 10. Black Thursday -- Interlude: Descending with Gratitude -- 11. The Wind at Her B...
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New York : Simon & Schuster, 2008.
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1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2008.
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Author Maraniss weaves sports, politics, and history into a tour de force about the 1960 Olympics. Along with the unforgettable characters and dramatic contests, there was a deeper meaning to those days at the dawn of the sixties. Change was everywhere. Old-boy notions of Olympic amateurism were crumbling. Rome saw the first doping scandal, the fir...
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Rome 1960 : the Olympics that changed the world / David Maraniss.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 436-460) and index.
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N796.48/379
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1416534083
1416534075
9781416534075
9781416534082
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796.48
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991000655339702626
