The Quest for Olympic Gold by David Halberstam
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Author: David Halberstam
Page Count: 221 pages
Published Date: 01 Aug 1996
Publisher: Random House USA Inc
Publication Country: New York, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9780449910030
File size: 9 Mb
Download Link: the quest for olympic gold
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Author: David Halberstam
Page Count: 221 pages
Published Date: 01 Aug 1996
Publisher: Random House USA Inc
Publication Country: New York, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9780449910030
File size: 9 Mb
Download Link: the quest for olympic gold
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"Astonishing . . . Moving . . . One of the best books ever written about a sport." ; *Walter Clemons Newsweek "A PENETRATING, FASCINATING AND REMARKABLY SUSPENSEFUL NARRATIVE." ; *David Guy Chicago Tribune In The Amateurs, David Halberstam once again displays the unique brand of reportage, both penetrating and supple, that distinguished his bestselling The Best and the Brightest and October 1964. This time he has taken for his subject the dramatic and special world of amateur rowing. While other athletes are earning fortunes in salaries and-or endorsements, the oarsmen gain fame only with each other and strive without any hope of financial reward. What drives these men to endure a physical pain known to no other sport? Who are they? Where do they come from? How do they regard themselves and their competitors? What have they sacrificed, and what inner demons have they appeased? In answering these questions, David Halberstam takes as his focus the 1984 single sculls trials in Princeton. The man who wins will gain the right to represent the United States in the 84 Olympiad; the losers will then have to struggle further to gain a place in the two- or four-man boats. And even if they succeed, they will have to live with the bitter knowledge that they were not the best, only close to it. Informative and compelling, The Amateurs combines the vividness of superb sportswriting with the narrative skills of a Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent. "RIVETING." ; *Christopher Lehmann-Haupt
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