Alma Richards / Larry R. Gerlach.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gerlach, Larry R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Richards, Alma, 1890-1963.

Richards, Alma.

Latter Day Saints--Utah--Biography.

Latter Day Saints.

Track and field athletes--Utah--Biography.

Track and field athletes.

Track and field athletes--United States--Biography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, Utah : The University of Utah Press, 2016.

Summary:

Alma Richards, as an unsung high school student, surprisingly set an Olympic record for the high jump in the 1912 Stockholm Olympics.He was the only native Utahn and member of the LDS church to win an Olympic gold medal in the twentieth century.

Contents:

Intro

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION

PART I: SAGEBRUSH TO STARDOM

1. FORMATIVE YEARS

2. FROM PAROWAN TO PROVO

3. MAKING THE AMERICAN TEAM

4. GOING FOR GOLD

PART II: COMING OF AGE

5. THE HERO RETURNS

6. THE BIG CORNELLIAN

7. MILITARY INTERLUDE

PART III: CHASING DREAMS

8. TO THE TRACK

9. ON THE HOME FRONT

PART IV: TAKING STOCK

10. ALMA REMEMBERING

11. REMEMBERING ALMA

12. GOD, GOLD, AND GLORY?

13. CROSSING THE BAR

14. ALMA RICHARDS REDIVIVUS

APPENDIX A: MARTHA WARD,"TRIBUTE TO ALMA RICHARDS"

APPENDIX B: ALMA RICHARDS TRACK AND FIELD RECORDS*

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-60781-492-7

OCLC:

962439594