by Neal Bascomb · HarperNonfiction · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780007173723
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«The Perfect Mile» is Neal Bascomb's sports chronicle of the quest to run the mile in four minutes, in paperback (384 pages, in English).
Neal Bascomb reconstructs the careers of Roger Bannister, John Landy and Wes Santee, three athletes who after the 1952 Helsinki Games set themselves a common goal: to be the first to run the mile in under four minutes. The narrative follows their training and rivalry up to the historic Oxford race in 1954 and the subsequent duel between Bannister and Landy.
Published by HarperNonfiction in 2005; the cover bears the subtitle «The Race to Break the Four Minute Mile».
For fans of athletics and sports history, as well as real-life stories of perseverance.
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