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Stracher, Cameron.
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Shorter, Frank, 1947-
Rodgers, Bill, 1947-
Salazar, Alberto, 1958-
Long-distance runners -- United States -- Biography.
Long-distance running -- History -- 20th century.
Marathon running -- History.
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Stracher, Cameron.
Shorter, Frank, 1947-
Rodgers, Bill, 1947-
Salazar, Alberto, 1958-
Long-distance runners -- United States -- Biography.
Long-distance running -- History -- 20th century.
Marathon running -- History.
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Kings
of the
road
:
how
Frank
Shorter
,
Bill
Rodgers
, and
Alberto
Salazar
made
running
go
boom
/ Cameron Stracher.
by
Stracher, Cameron.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013.
Call #:
796.4240922 S894k
Subjects
Shorter
,
Frank
, 1947-
Rodgers
,
Bill
, 1947-
Salazar
,
Alberto
, 1958-
Long-distance runners -- United States -- Biography.
Long-distance
running
-- History -- 20th century.
Marathon
running
-- History.
ISBN:
9780547773964 (hc.)
Description:
xv, 224 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
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).
Summary:
"The golden era of running--the 1970s--as seen through
running
greats,
Frank
Shorter
,
Bill
Rodgers
, and
Alberto
Salazar
.
Frank
Shorter
's gold medal in the 1972 Olympic marathon had put distance
running
in the mind of a public enamored of baseball and football. Suddenly, the odd activity of "jogging" became "
running
." That summer, a junior from the University of Oregon named
Alberto
Salazar
went head to head with Olympic champion
Frank
Shorter
and Boston Marathon champion
Bill
Rodgers
at the Falmouth
Road
Race, losing in the last mile to
Rodgers
's record-setting 32:21, nearly dying in the process, and setting the stage for a great rivalry. In
Shorter
,
Rodgers
, and
Salazar
,
running
had its conflict and drama like boxing had Ali and Foreman, like basketball had Russell and Chamberlain. Each man built on what the other achieved, and each pushed the other to succeed. Their successes, in turn, fueled a nation of coach potatoes to put down the remote and lace up their sneakers"--Provided by publishers.
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