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Book

The long run : Steve Prefontaine, Frank Shorter, Joan Benoit, Grete Waitz, and the decade that made the marathon cool

Call Number

  • 796.42 D8663 (CEN, OSH)

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Publication Information

New York, NY : Dutton, [2026]

Physical Description

xxv, 306 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Summary

"A dramatic narrative telling the story behind the running and marathon boom of the 1970s and early 1980s, featuring the stories of Steve Prefontaine, Frank Shorter, Joan Benoit Samuelson, Grete Waitz, and many others, and how a generation of runners turned a formerly obscure distance into a national obsession"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes

Includes index.

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