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The Chicago Marathon / Andrew Suozzo.
Van Pelt Library GV1065.22.L37 S86 2006
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Suozzo, Andrew G.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon--History.
- LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 254 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2006]
- Summary:
- In The Chicago Marathon, Andrew Suozzo reveals this citywide ritual as far more than a simple race. Providing a full-spectrum look at the event's production and participants, Suozzo shows how the elements that comprise the marathon also reflect modern Chicago's politics, its people, and the ways the city engages with the wider world.
- Contents:
- The marathon: from myth to actuality
- A brief history of the Chicago Marathon
- The race director
- Grassroots support
- Corporate and small-business sponsorship
- City government and sister agency support
- Charities
- The media
- Professionals and exceptional amateurs
- Older runners
- Middle-aged and younger runners
- Charity runners.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [237]-246) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0252031687
- 0252074211
- OCLC:
- 70174996
- Publisher Number:
- 9780252031687
- 9780252074219
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
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