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Author:

Stracher, Cameron.

Title:

Kings of the road : how Frank Shorter, Bill Rodgers, and Alberto Salazar made running go boom / Cameron Stracher.

Publisher:

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

xv, 224 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Shorter, Frank,--1947-
Rodgers, Bill,--1947-
Salazar, Alberto,--1958-
Long-distance runners--Biography.
Long-distance running--History--20th century.

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).

ISBN:

054777396X
9780547773964

LCCN:

bl2013009954

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

NMPC343 -- Nora Springs Public Library (Nora Springs)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)