Today we die a little! the inimitable Emil Zátopek, the greatest Olympic runner of all time
"Based on extensive research in the Czech Republic, interviews with people across the world who knew him, and unprecedented cooperation from his widow ... journalist Richard Askwith's book breathes new life into the man and the myth, uncovering a glorious age of athletics and an epoch-defining time...
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| 100 | 1 | |a Askwith, Richard. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Today we die a little! : |b the inimitable Emil Zátopek, the greatest Olympic runner of all time / |c Richard Askwith. |
| 264 | 1 | |a New York : |b Nation Books, |c [2016] | |
| 300 | |a xvii, 457 pages : |b illustrations ; |c 22 cm | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Prologue : the curious incident -- 'Zá-to-pek! Zá-to-pek!' -- The Kopřivnice kid -- Shoemaking -- The soldier -- Beginnings -- The lights come on again -- Love and death -- The Czech locomotive -- Mission : invincible -- Fairy-tale Pete -- The longest day -- The people's champion -- 'Today we die a little' -- The ambassador -- Spring fever -- Disgrace -- Exile -- In the drawer -- 'Say it ain't so, Emil' -- The last lap -- Epilogue : gold dust. | |
| 520 | |a "Based on extensive research in the Czech Republic, interviews with people across the world who knew him, and unprecedented cooperation from his widow ... journalist Richard Askwith's book breathes new life into the man and the myth, uncovering a glorious age of athletics and an epoch-defining time in world history."--Jacket. | ||
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