The race of the century : the battle to break the four-minute mile / Neal Bascomb.
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TextPublisher: New York : Scholastic Focus, 2022Edition: First EditionDescription: 201 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781338628463 (hardcover) :Other title: Battle to break the 4 minute mileSubject(s): Bannister, Roger, -- Juvenile literature | Landy, John, 1930- -- Juvenile literature | Santee, Wes, -- Juvenile literature | Runners (Sports) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature | Running -- Records -- Juvenile literatureDDC classification: 796.42092/2 | B LOC classification: GV1061.14 | .B385 2022Awards: A Junior Library Guild selection (JLG)Summary: "There was a time when running the mile in four minutes was believed to be beyond the limits of human foot speed. In 1952, after suffering defeat at the Helsinki Olympics, three world-class runners each set out to break this barrier: Roger Bannister was a young English medical student who epitomized the ideal of the amateur; John Landy the privileged son of a genteel Australian family; and Wes Santee the swaggering American, a Kansas farm boy and natural athlete.Spanning three continents and defying the odds, these athletes' collective quest captivated the world. Neal Bascomb's bestselling adult account adapted for young readers delivers a breathtaking story of unlikely heroes and leaves us with a lasting portrait of the twilight years of the golden age of sport"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Junior Library Guild
"There was a time when running the mile in four minutes was believed to be beyond the limits of human foot speed. In 1952, after suffering defeat at the Helsinki Olympics, three world-class runners each set out to break this barrier: Roger Bannister was a young English medical student who epitomized the ideal of the amateur; John Landy the privileged son of a genteel Australian family; and Wes Santee the swaggering American, a Kansas farm boy and natural athlete.Spanning three continents and defying the odds, these athletes' collective quest captivated the world. Neal Bascomb's bestselling adult account adapted for young readers delivers a breathtaking story of unlikely heroes and leaves us with a lasting portrait of the twilight years of the golden age of sport"--Provided by publisher.
Ages 14 & Up
Grades 9 &Up.
1030L Lexile.
A Junior Library Guild selection (JLG)
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