The Perfect Mile
Three Athletes, One Goal, and Less Than Four Minutes to Achieve It
$36.92
- Paperback
322 pages
- Release Date
6 April 2005
Summary
In The Perfect Mile, Neal Bascomb, the New York Times bestselling author of Faster, presents the riveting, true story of the three world-class athletes who individually became the first runners to break the four-minute mile.
There was a time when running the mile in four minutes was believed to be beyond the limits of human foot speed, and in all of sport it was the elusive holy grail. In 1952, after suffering defeat at the Helsinki Olympics, three world-cla…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780618562091 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0618562095 |
| Author: | Neal Bascomb |
| Publisher: | Mariner Books |
| Imprint: | Mariner Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 322 |
| Release Date: | 6 April 2005 |
| Weight: | 299g |
| Dimensions: | 25mm x 137mm x 206mm |
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Critics Review
The Perfect Mile returns the reader to a time when a sporting ideal was not an oxymoron … Enthralling.
The New York Times Book Review
A rare literary win… Bascomb has penned a sports tribute book that transcends the genre.
The Oregonian
A splendid book… Well-written, suspenseful.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
A vivid human-interest story… Engrossing, excruciating, and exhilarating.
Boston Herald
A fine, gripping book.
The Chicago Sun-Times
A marvelous book.
Kansas City Star
A thriller…. This being an Olympic year, The Perfect Mile comes just in time to remind us what being an athlete can, and should, be about.
Newsday
The Perfect Mile captures the awe-inspiring quality of ordinary men who achieve what had been thought impossible.
TimeOut New York
Captivating…. Much joy and inspiration to be found here.
Entertainment Weekly
Compelling human drama. [Bascomb’s] crisp, detailed narrative helps readers step into the milers’ spikes. A resplendent story of an epic event in sports history.
Christian Science Monitor
Bascomb delivers, with stylish and swift prose well matched to the subject… This is an agile and informative read, and we should compare Hillebrand’s “Seabiscuit” to it, not the other way around.
MSNBC.com
In masterly fashion, Bascomb re-creates the battle of the milers, embellishing his account with fascinating forays into runner’s lore… It’s a mark of Bascomb’s skill that, although the outcome of the race is well known, he keeps us in suspense, rendering in graphic detail the runners’ agony down the final stretch.
The New Yorker –
Neal Bascomb
Neal Bascomb is a national award-winning and New York Times bestselling author. His works include Faster, The Winter Fortress, Red Mutiny, The Perfect Mile, and The Nazi Hunters.
A former international journalist, Bascomb has appeared in numerous documentaries and is a sought-after speaker. He lives in Philadelphia, a hundred miles south of the coal country at the heart of this tale.
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