Gil Dodds: The Flying Parson - Couverture souple

Larson, Mel

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 116313788X ISBN 13 : 9781163137888

Editeur : Kessinger Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

Gil Dodds: The Flying Parson is a biography written by Mel Larson about the life and career of Gil Dodds, a legendary American middle-distance runner from the 1940s. The book chronicles Dodds' early life, his athletic achievements, and his journey to becoming a minister.Dodds, who was raised in a devout Christian family, discovered his love for running in high school. He went on to become one of the greatest runners of his time, setting world records and winning numerous titles. However, Dodds' career was interrupted by World War II, during which he served as a conscientious objector.After the war, Dodds returned to running and continued to dominate the sport. However, he also felt called to become a minister and eventually left his athletic career to pursue his calling. The book explores Dodds' struggle to balance his faith with his passion for running and his eventual decision to leave the sport.Larson's biography draws on interviews with Dodds' family and friends, as well as archival research, to provide a detailed and engaging portrait of this remarkable athlete and man of faith. The book is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of American athletics, as well as those interested in the intersection of religion and sports.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kessinger Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 116313788X
• ISBN 13: 9781163137888
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 108
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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