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Once a Runner

- A Novel
Af: John L. Parker Engelsk Paperback

Once a Runner

- A Novel
Af: John L. Parker Engelsk Paperback
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Originally self-published in 1978, Once a Runner captures the essence of competitive running-and of athletic competition in general-and has become one of the most beloved sports novels ever published.

Inspired by the author''s experience as a collegiate champion, the story focuses on Quenton Cassidy, a competitive runner at fictional Southeastern University whose lifelong dream is to run a four-minute mile. He is less than a second away when the turmoil of the Vietnam War era intrudes into the staid recesses of his school''s athletic department. After he becomes involved in an athletes'' protest, Cassidy is suspended from his track team. Under the tutelage of his friend and mentor, Bruce Denton, a graduate student and former Olympic gold medalist, Cassidy gives up his scholarship, his girlfriend, and possibly his future to withdraw to a monastic retreat in the countryside and begin training for the race of his life against the greatest miler in history.

A rare insider''s account of the incredibly intense lives of elite distance runners, Once a Runneris an inspiring, funny, and spot-on tale of one man''s quest to become a champion..
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Originally self-published in 1978, Once a Runner captures the essence of competitive running-and of athletic competition in general-and has become one of the most beloved sports novels ever published.

Inspired by the author''s experience as a collegiate champion, the story focuses on Quenton Cassidy, a competitive runner at fictional Southeastern University whose lifelong dream is to run a four-minute mile. He is less than a second away when the turmoil of the Vietnam War era intrudes into the staid recesses of his school''s athletic department. After he becomes involved in an athletes'' protest, Cassidy is suspended from his track team. Under the tutelage of his friend and mentor, Bruce Denton, a graduate student and former Olympic gold medalist, Cassidy gives up his scholarship, his girlfriend, and possibly his future to withdraw to a monastic retreat in the countryside and begin training for the race of his life against the greatest miler in history.

A rare insider''s account of the incredibly intense lives of elite distance runners, Once a Runneris an inspiring, funny, and spot-on tale of one man''s quest to become a champion..
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 304
ISBN-13: 9781416597896
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1416597891
Kategori: Moderne Samtidslitteratur
Udg. Dato: 27 aug 2015
Længde: 19mm
Bredde: 117mm
Højde: 212mm
Forlag: Simon & Schuster
Oplagsdato: 27 aug 2015
Forfatter(e): John L. Parker
Forfatter(e) John L. Parker

Kategori Moderne Samtidslitteratur

ISBN-13 9781416597896

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 304

Udgave

Længde 19mm

Bredde 117mm

Højde 212mm

Udg. Dato 27 aug 2015

Oplagsdato 27 aug 2015

Forlag Simon & Schuster