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Author:
McDougall, Christopher, 1962-
Title:
Born to run [Audio] : a hidden tribe, superathletes, and the greatest race the world has never seen / Christopher McDougall.
Format:
[Audio] :
Edition:
1st Vintage Books ed.
Publisher:
Vintage Books
Copyright Date:
2011
Description:
287 p. ; 21 cm.
Subject:
McDougall, Christopher--1962-
Running races.
Tarahumara Indians.
Marathon running.
Native Americans--Mexico.
Running.
Athletes--United States.
Long-distance runners--Biography.
Copper Canyon Region (Mexico.)
Notes:
Presented in memory of Leona Herron, Joyce Hagen, Ellen Rasmussen Haech by family & friends.
Summary:
The author describes his work with Caballo Blanco, an outsider who befriended the Tarahumara Indians, in which the two men organized a running event between the tribesmen, who are considered to have superhuman running abilities, and Americans, including a ultramarathoner, a surfer, and others; and includes facts about techniques and the history of running.
Indexed by:
Kirkus Starred, April 2009.
Booklist, April 2009.
Kirkus Starred.
Booklist.
ISBN:
0307279189 pbk.
9780307279187 pbk.
Locations:
XRPC157 -- Anita Public Library (Anita)

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