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02453aam a2200397 i 4500 001 E56B94DC30A111ECB04C9E6E4CECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20211019010033 008 210430s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 020 $a 1542018838 020 $a 9781542018838 020 $a 154201882X 020 $a 9781542018821 035 $a (OCoLC)1249753084 040 $d TxAuBib $e rda $d SILO 100 1 $a Dobkin, Adin,. 245 1 $a Sprinting through no man's land : $b endurance, tragedy, and rebirth in the 1919 Tour de France / $c Adin Dobkin. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Little A, $c [2021] 300 $a 295 pages : $b illustrations, map ; $c 22 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-288) and index. 520 $a "On June 29, 1919, one day after the Treaty of Versailles brought about the end of World War I, nearly seventy cyclists embarked on the thirteenth Tour de France. From Paris, the war-weary men rode down the western coast on a race that would trace the country's border, through seaside towns and mountains to the ghostly western front. Traversing a cratered postwar landscape, the cyclists faced near-impossible odds and the psychological scars of war. Most of the athletes had arrived straight from the front, where so many fellow countrymen had suffered or died. The cyclists' perseverance and tolerance for pain would be tested in a grueling, monthlong competition. A true story of human endurance, Sprinting Through No Man's Land explores how the cyclists united a country that had been torn apart by unprecedented desolation and tragedy. It shows how devastated countrymen and women can come together to celebrate the adventure of a lifetime and discover renewed fortitude, purpose, and national identity in the streets of their towns"--Book jacket flap. 541 $d 20210809. 611 2 $a Tour de France (Bicycle race) $x History. 611 2 $a Tour de France (Bicycle race) $d (1919 : $c Switzerland.) $c Switzerland.) 611 27 $a Tour de France (Bicycle race.) 650 1 $a Bicycle racing $z France $x History. 650 7 $a Bicycle racing. 651 7 $a France. 655 7 $a History. 941 $a 5 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010023924.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20230104013358.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20220909064840.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20220630013858.0 952 $l HOPC845 $d 20211019010659.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E56B94DC30A111ECB04C9E6E4CECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search