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 | #4835970 in Books |  Pamela Cooper |  1998-12-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.97 x.70 x6.02l,.73 | File type: PDF | 240 pages

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||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Interesting, scholarly history of the marathon in the U.S.|By Bobby Newman|Pamela Cooper has provided a great deal of historical background regarding the event that we now call "the marathon," with a particular emphasis on its development in the United States (naturally, as per title). This is not an expanded running magazine article; this a thoroughly documented and scholarly|From Publishers Weekly|After its initial introduction at the 1896 Olympic Games in Greece, the modern marathon (26.2 miles) caught on quickly, traveling to America, where the first U.S. marathon, a 25-mile footrace from Connecticut to the Bronx, was held the sam

The American Marathon is the first in-depth study of the marathon as a cultural performance that has as much power to unite communities across lines of race, ethnicity, class, and gender as it does to empower individuals. This book encompasses more than a century, from the fledgling days of the footrace in the 1890s to the popular contemporary marathons that have become corporate-sponsored institutions. Besides examining the ethnic influence on marathoning, Cooper also e...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.The American Marathon (Sports and Entertainment)   |  Pamela Chenkin. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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