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01802cam a22003734a 4500 001 DD0D6B702B1011DEAA7E7608A8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20140917014642 008 070705s2007 nyu b 000 0deng 010 $a 2007027868 020 $a 1594862281 (hardcover) 020 $a 9781594862281 (hardcover) 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d C#P $d YDXCP $d IF9 $d IXA $d Q2Z $d VP@ $d IOL $d SILO 050 00 $a GV1062 $b .C54 2007 082 00 $a 613.7/172 $2 22 100 1 $a Cheever, Benjamin, $d 1948- 245 1 $a Strides : $b running through history with an unlikely athlete / $c Benjamin Cheever. 260 $a New York, NY : $b Rodale, $c c2007. 300 $a xi, 244 p. ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 520 $a Explores the role of running in human history from Pheidippides, who ran the first marathon in 490 B.C. (bringing news to Athens of the Greek victory on the plains of Marathon), to our own soldiers in Iraq today, interspersed with recollections of Cheever's own decades-long devotion to the sport, and an exploration of the impulse to run, described by Cheever as "the desire, the need, to escape into ecstasy." 650 0 $a Running. 650 0 $a Marathon running. 650 0 $a Marathon running $x History. 600 10 $a Cheever, Benjamin, $d 1948- 856 42 $3 Contributor biographical information $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0730/2007027868-b.html 856 42 $3 Publisher description $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0730/2007027868-d.html 941 $a 4 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20220909015340.0 952 $l ULAX314 $d 20190926091334.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160824034921.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20151001020717.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=DD0D6B702B1011DEAA7E7608A8D7520A 994 $a 02 $b IOLInitiate Another SILO Locator Search