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The Perfect Mile: Three Athletes, One Goal, and Less Than Four Minutes to Achieve It Paperback - 2005
by Neal Bascomb
Spanning three continents and defying the odds, three runners' collective quest to run the four-minute mile captivates the world and steals headlines from the Korean War, the atomic race, and such legendary figures as Edmund Hillary, Willie Mays, Native Dancer, and Ben Hogan.
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There was a time when running the mile in four minutes was believed to be 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 each set out to break this 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 body to this singular task. Then there was Wes Santee, the swaggering American, a Kansas farm boy and natural athlete who believed he was just plain better than everybody else.
Spanning three continents and defying the odds, 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. 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.
Spanning three continents and defying the odds, 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. 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.
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ON JULY 16, 1952, at Motspur Park in South London, two men were running around a black cinder track in singlets and shorts.
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- Title The Perfect Mile: Three Athletes, One Goal, and Less Than Four Minutes to Achieve It
- Author Neal Bascomb
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 322
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Mariner Books, U.S.A.
- Date 2005-04-06
- Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780618562091 / 0618562095
- Weight 0.66 lbs (0.30 kg)
- Dimensions 8.1 x 5.4 x 1 in (20.57 x 13.72 x 2.54 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Sports, Runners (Sports)
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004040535
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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- Ingram Advance, 05/01/2005, Page 140
- New York Times, 05/08/2005, Page 28
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