An edition of Today we die a little!
(2016)
Today we die a little!
the inimitable Emil Zátopek, the greatest Olympic runner of all time
by Richard Askwith
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"Based on extensive research in the Czech Republic, interviews with people across the world who knew him, and unprecedented cooperation from his widow ... journalist Richard Askwith's book breathes new life into the man and the myth, uncovering a glorious age of athletics and an epoch-defining time in world history."--Jacket.
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Sports and state, Olympic athletes, Track and field athletes, Biography, Czechoslovakia, biographyPeople
Emil Zátopek (1922-2000)Places
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Today We Die a Little!: The Inimitable Emil Zátopek, the Greatest Olympic Runner of All Time
2016, PublicAffairs
in English
1568585500 9781568585505
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Today we die a little!: the inimitable Emil Zátopek, the greatest Olympic runner of all time
2016
in English
1568585497 9781568585499
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Book Details
Table of Contents
Prologue : the curious incident
'Zá-to-pek! Zá-to-pek!'
The Kopřivnice kid
Shoemaking
The soldier
Beginnings
The lights come on again
Love and death
The Czech locomotive
Mission : invincible
Fairy-tale Pete
The longest day
The people's champion
'Today we die a little'
The ambassador
Spring fever
Disgrace
Exile
In the drawer
'Say it ain't so, Emil'
The last lap
Epilogue : gold dust.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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