عنوان

The perfect mile :

شابک

0618391126

شابک

0618562095

شابک

9780618391127

شابک

9780618562091

شماره

b527326

عنوان اصلي

The perfect mile :

نام عام مواد

[Book]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

three athletes, one goal, and less than four minutes to achieve it /

نام نخستين پديدآور

Neal Bascomb

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Boston :

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Houghton Mifflin Co.,

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

2004

نام خاص و کميت اثر

xii, 322 pages :

ساير جزييات

illustrations ;

ابعاد

24 cm

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references and index

متن يادداشت

A reason to run -- The barrier -- The perfect mile -- Epilogue

بدون عنوان

0

متن يادداشت

There was a time when running the mile in four minutes was believed to be entirely beyond the limits of human foot speed. And in all of sport it was the elusive holy grail. In 1952, after suffering defeat at the Helsinki Olympics, three world-class runners set out individually to break this formidable barrier. Roger Bannister was a young English medical student who epitomized the ideal of the amateur-still driven not just by winning but by the nobility of the pursuit. John Landy was the privileged son of a genteel Australian family, who as a boy preferred butterfly collecting to running but who trained relentlessly in an almost spiritual attempt to shape his mind and body to this singular task. Then there was West Santee, the swaggering American, a Kansas farm boy and natural athlete who believed he was just plain better than everybody else. Santee was the first to throw down the gauntlet in what would become a three-way race of body, heart, and soul. Each young man endured thousands of hours of training, bore the weight of his nation's expectations on his shoulders, and still dared to push to the very limit. Their collective quest captivated the world and stole headlines from the Korean War, the atomic race, and such legendary figures as Edmund Hillary, Willie Mays, Native Dancer, and Ben Hogan. Who would be the first to achieve the unachievable? And who among them would be the best when they raced head to head? In the answer came the perfect mile. In the tradition of Seabiscuit and Chariots of Fire, Neal Bascomb delivers a breathtaking story of unlikely heroes and leaves us with a lasting portrait of the twilight years of the golden age of sport

موضوع مستند نشده

Bannister, Roger

موضوع مستند نشده

Landy, John,1930-

موضوع مستند نشده

Santee, Wes

موضوع مستند نشده

Runners (Sports), Biography

شماره

شماره

ويراست

ويراست

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Bascomb, Neal

تاريخ عمليات

20160712072901.0

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y