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Rome 1960: The Olympics That Changed the World (Thorndike Press Large Print Nonfiction Series) - Hardcover
Synopsis
An account of the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome reveals the competition's unexpected influence on the modern world, in a narrative synopsis that evaluates the roles of Cold War propaganda, civil rights, and politics.
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Review
"Evocative, entertaining and often suspenseful - sports history at a very high standard." - Kirkus (starred review)
About the Author
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.
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- PublisherThorndike Pr
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 1410408515
- ISBN 13 9781410408518
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages725
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