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Item specifics
- Condition
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- ISBN
- 9781594862281
- Book Title
- Strides : Running Through History with an Unlikely Athlete
- Publisher
- Potter/Ten SPEED/Harmony/Rodale
- Item Length
- 9.9 in
- Publication Year
- 2007
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Genre
- Sports & Recreation, Biography & Autobiography
- Topic
- Personal Memoirs, History, Running & Jogging
- Item Weight
- 20 oz
- Item Width
- 5.9 in
- Number of Pages
- 256 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Potter/Ten SPEED/Harmony/Rodale
ISBN-10
1594862281
ISBN-13
9781594862281
eBay Product ID (ePID)
59142232
Product Key Features
Book Title
Strides : Running Through History with an Unlikely Athlete
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2007
Topic
Personal Memoirs, History, Running & Jogging
Genre
Sports & Recreation, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
20 oz
Item Length
9.9 in
Item Width
5.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2007-027868
Reviews
"Cheever, a former journalist and onetime copy editor at Reader's Digest , melds reportorial skills, literary talent and a wicked sense of humor to capture the irony and indefatigable spirit of running in the 21st century....Beginners will relate to Cheever's inauspicious initial forays into fitness and exercise, and veteran runners can share his enthusiasm for the Kenyans and other leaders of the pack. The result is a joyous and inspirational ode to our transformative sport." -Jim Hage, The Washington Post, Cheever, a former journalist and onetime copy editor at Reader's Digest , melds reportorial skills, literary talent and a wicked sense of humor to capture the irony and indefatigable spirit of running in the 21st century....Beginners will relate to Cheever's inauspicious initial forays into fitness and exercise, and veteran runners can share his enthusiasm for the Kenyans and other leaders of the pack. The result is a joyous and inspirational ode to our transformative sport., "Cheever, a former journalist and onetime copy editor at Reader's Digest , melds reportorial skills, literary talent and a wicked sense of humor to capture the irony and indefatigable spirit of running in the 21st century....Beginners will relate to Cheever's inauspicious initial forays into fitness and exercise, and veteran runners can share his enthusiasm for the Kenyans and other leaders of the pack. The result is a joyous and inspirational ode to our transformative sport." -- Jim Hage, The Washington Post
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
613.7/172
Synopsis
Acclaimed novelist Benjamin Cheever--author of The Plagiarist , Famous After Death , and The Good Nanny --brings his buoyant literary style to this impassioned memoir about the sport that changed his life. From Pheidippides, who ran the first marathon in 490 BC--bringing news to Athens of the Greek victory on the plains of Marathon--to our own soldiers in Iraq today, running is an integral part of human culture and legend. In Strides , heralded author Benjamin Cheever explores the role of running in human history while interspersing this account with revelations of his own decades-long devotion to the sport. Cheever has traveled the world writing features for Runner's World magazine, and he draws from this rich experience on every page. His adventures have taken him to Kenya in search of the secrets of the world's fastest long-distance runners and to a 10-K race with American soldiers in Baghdad. Cheever celebrates the quotidian personal satisfaction of a morning run and the more exotic pleasures of the Medoc Marathon in Bordeaux, where fine wines are served at water stations and the first prize is the winner's weight in grand crus. He shares vivid moments from the New York Marathon and waxes rhapsodic about the granddaddy of American distance events--the Boston Marathon. But what truly distinguishes Strides as a memorable read is the unique lens through which this sparkling writer explores our deep bond to running, an experience he likens to that of being able to fly.
LC Classification Number
GV1062
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