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McConnon, Aili, 1980-
Subjects
Bartali, Gino, 1914-2000
Cyclists -- Italy -- Biography.
Bicycle racing -- Italy -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Italy -- Biography.
Tuscany (Italy) -- Biography.
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McConnon, Aili, 1980-
Bartali, Gino, 1914-2000
Cyclists -- Italy -- Biography.
Bicycle racing -- Italy -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Italy -- Biography.
Tuscany (Italy) -- Biography.
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Road
to
valour
: a
true
story
of
World
War
II
Italy
, the
Nazis
, and the
cyclist
who
inspired
a
nation
/ Aili and Andres McConnon. --
by
McConnon, Aili, 1980-
Doubleday Canada, c2012.
Call #:
796.6092 B283m
Subjects
Bartali, Gino, 1914-2000
Cyclists --
Italy
-- Biography.
Bicycle racing --
Italy
-- Biography.
World
War
, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements --
Italy
-- Biography.
Tuscany (
Italy
) -- Biography.
ISBN:
9780385669481 (hc.)
0385669488 (hc.)
Description:
x, 316 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-311) and Internet addresses.
Summary:
"
Road
to
Valour
is the inspiring, against-the-odds
story
of Gino Bartali, the
cyclist
who
made the greatest comeback in Tour de France history and, between his Tour victories, secretly aided the Italian resistance during
World
War
II
. Gino Bartali is best known as an Italian cycling legend: the man
who
not only won the Tour de France twice, but also holds the record for the longest time span between victories. During the ten years that separated his hard-won triumphs, his actions, both on and off the racecourse, ensured him a permanent place in Italian hearts and minds. In
Road
to
Valour
, Aili and Andres McConnon chronicle Bartali’s journey, starting in impoverished rural Tuscany where a scrawny, mischievous boy painstakingly saves his money to buy a bicycle and before long, is racking up wins throughout the country. At the age of 24, he stuns the
world
by winning the Tour de France and becomes an international sports icon. But Mussolini’s Fascists try to hijack his victory for propaganda purposes, derailing Bartali’s career, and as the
Nazis
occupy
Italy
, Bartali undertakes secret and dangerous activities to help those being targeted. He shelters a family of Jews in an apartment he financed with his cycling winnings and smuggles counterfeit identity documents hidden in his bicycle past Fascist and Nazi checkpoints because the soldiers recognize him as a national hero in training. After the grueling wartime years, Bartali fights to rebuild his career as
Italy
emerges from the rubble. Despite numerous setbacks and a legendary snowstorm in the Alps, the chain-smoking, Chianti-loving, 34-year-old underdog comes back and wins the most difficult endurance competition on earth. Bartali’s inspiring performance helps unite his fractured homeland and restore pride and spirit to a country still reeling from
war
and despair. Set in
Italy
and France against the turbulent backdrop of an unforgiving sport and threatening politics,
Road
to
Valour
is the breathtaking account of one man’s unsung heroism and his resilience in the face of adversity."--Provided by publisher.
Genre:
Biographies.
Other authors:
McConnon, Andres.
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