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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Stracher, Cameron.     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.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Stracher, Cameron.       by title:      Kings of the road : ...       by call number:      796.4240922 S894k     Search the Web     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.       MARC Display

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. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Woodlawn Public Library Adult Nonfiction 796.4240922 S894k Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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