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Kings of the road : how Frank Shorter, Bill Rodgers, and Alberto Salazar made running go boom / Cameron Stracher.
Van Pelt Library GV1061.14 .S77 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stracher, Cameron.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shorter, Frank, 1947-.
- Shorter, Frank.
- Rodgers, Bill, 1947-.
- Rodgers, Bill.
- Salazar, Alberto, 1958-.
- Salazar, Alberto.
- Long-distance runners--United States--Biography.
- Long-distance runners.
- Long-distance running--United States--History--20th century.
- Long-distance running.
- History.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 224 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013.
- Summary:
- For fans of "The Perfect Mile" and "Born to Run," a riveting, three-pronged narrative about the golden era of running in America--the 1970s--as seen through the fascinating lives and careers of running greats, Frank Shorter, Bill Rodgers, and Alberto Salazar.
- Contents:
- Duo in the sun (1978)
- Birth of the boom (1972)
- A man. A plan. A road race (1973)
- "Will Rogers" and the car he drove in with (1974)
- Cuba libre (1965-1975)
- The good die young (May 30, 1975)
- Boston Billy (1974-1975)
- Showdown at noon (1975)
- Cheaters prosper (1976)
- Three for the road (1976)
- New York, New York (1976)
- The ligaments that bind (1977)
- Show me the money (1977)
- Death's door (1978)
- Foreign footsteps (1979)
- A brave new world (1980)
- The king is dead. Long live the king (1981)
- Boom's end (1982).
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9780547773964
- 054777396X
- OCLC:
- 834074289
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