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050 00 $aGV722 1968$b.H64 2009
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100 1 $aHoffer, Richard.
245 10 $aSomething in the air :$bAmerican passion and defiance in the 1968 Mexico City Olympics /$cRichard Hoffer.
250 $a1st Free Press hardcover ed.
260 $aNew York :$bFree Press,$c2009.
300 $ax, 258 pages, [8] pages of plates :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aRoads to glory: dogs on ice, a third-string end, and Robin Hood -- 1968: tanks on the streets, dead on a balcony, and Audie Murphy -- Speed city: pineapple upside-down cake, "tutti frutti," and Jack Daniels -- Countdown to Mexico: lymphocytes, zip guns, and ROTC -- Boycott: Hells Angels, a petrified pig, and more Ralph Henry Barbour -- A desperate innovation: rolls, straddles, and an airborne seizure -- The trials: spondylolisthesis, brush spikes, and a brutal stomping -- Denver: the anarchists' convention, a vote for Nixon, and a cold chill -- Mexico City: thin air, fresh paint, and shots in the night -- Opening ceremony: flag dipping, a family feud, and 6,300 pigeons -- And they're off: a grisly tableau, pinochle, and a guided missile launch -- Protest: licorice hammers, tommie jets, and black gloves -- Harder and higher: the little stinker, Beauty and the Beast, and Hollywood agents -- Aftershocks: pimped-out socks, a mutation performance, and sparks under his feet -- Monday: a grunion hunt, a crying tigerbelle, and a jig for joy -- Week two: a cuddlesome junior, a ragtag bunch, and a blonde in a beehive -- Pappy's boys: rateros, various Sarges, and a lucky picture of a pretty girl -- Going home: Boy Scouts, psychedelic mileage, and a black bra.
520 $aA narrative series of portraits traces the stories of the athletes who competed in Mexico City's 1968 Olympics and shows how period politics and racial tensions influenced the games.
611 20 $aOlympic Games$n(19th :$d1968 :$cMexico City, Mexico)
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