| Duel in the Sun: Alberto Salazar, Dick Beardsley, and America's Greatest Marathon Contributor(s): Brant, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 1594866287 ISBN-13: 9781594866289 Publisher: Rodale Books OUR PRICE: $14.36 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2007 Annotation: Brant re-creates the tense drama of the 1982 Boston Marathon and the powerful forces of fate that drove runners Alberto Salazar and Dick Beardsley in the years afterwards. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | History - Sports & Recreation | Running & Jogging - Biography & Autobiography | Sports |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2005030917 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.36" W x 8.94" (0.65 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The 1982 Boston Marathon was great theater: Two American runners, Alberto Salazar, a celebrated champion, and Dick Beardsley, a gutsy underdog, going at each other for just under 2 hours and 9 minutes. Neither man broke. The race merely came to a thrilling, shattering end, exacting such an enormous toll that neither man ever ran as well again. Beardsley, the most innocent of men, descended into felony drug addiction, and Salazar, the toughest of men, fell prey to depression. Exquisitely written and rich with human drama, John Brant's Duel in the Sun brilliantly captures the mythic character of the most thrilling American marathon ever run--and the powerful forces of fate that drove these two athletes in the years afterward. |
