Conquerors of Time

Conquerors of Time
ISBN-10
1899807888
ISBN-13
9781899807888
Category
Olympic Games
Pages
239
Language
English
Published
2009
Publisher
Sportsbooks
Author
Lynn McConnell

Description

During the Depression in the 1930s, one part of society was booming. Track and field suddenly became hugely popular - above all, the mile run. Lynn McConnell here charts the period between the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics and the infamous Nazi Olympics in Berlin four years later. Its main figures are the New Zealander Jack Lovelock (who was also claimed by Britain), US racers Glenn Cunningham and Gene Venzke, Italy's Luigi Beccali, Britain's Jerry Cornes and Canadian-British Guianan Phil Edwards.

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