Rome 1960: The Olympics That Changed the World

Maraniss, David

ISBN 10 : 0743572718 ISBN 13 : 9780743572712

Editeur : Simon & Schuster, 2008

Synopsis

Book by Maraniss David

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Now in paperback, from the New York Times bestselling author of Clemente and When Pride Still Mattered, here is the blockbuster story of the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, seventeen days that helped define the modern world.

Legendary athletes and stirring events are interwoven into a suspenseful narrative of sports and politics at the Rome games, where cold-war propaganda and spies, drugs and sex, money and television, civil rights and the rise of women superstars all converged to forever change the essence of the Olympics.

Using the meticulous research and sweeping narrative style that have become his trademark, maraniss reveals the rich palette of character, competition, and meaning that gave rome 1960 its singular essence.

Biographie de l'auteur :

David Maraniss is an associate editor at The Washington Post. He is the winner of the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for National reporting and has been a Pulitzer finalist two other times for his journalism and again for They Marched Into Sunlight, a book about Vietnam and the sixties. The author of bestselling works on Bill Clinton, Vince Lombardi, and Roberto Clemente, Maraniss is a fellow of the Society of American Historians. He and his wife, Linda, live in Washington, D.C., and Madison, Wisconsin.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Simon & Schuster
• Date d'édition: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0743572718
• ISBN 13: 9780743572712
• Reliure: CD