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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. Hardcover, Advance Reader's Edition as printed on front (dust jacket) cover, Condition: New, Unread, Spine not broken, Tight Binding, Never opened past copyright page, First Scribner hardcover edition April 2009 as stated, First Printing, Full # print line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 as printed on copyright page, Publisher Letter Laid-In on inside of Front Cover Flap, From: Brant Rumble/Senior Editor, To: "Dear Bookseller,.", Unique Hardcover Advance Reader's Edition, #1 of 2 in the "Once a Runner" Series: * 1. Once a Runner (1978) 2. Again to Carthage (2005) Racing the Rain (2015) - (A book in the Once a Runner series) - A novel by John L Parker Jr. Seller Inventory # ABE-1676483426482
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Book Description hardcover. Condition: new. Once a Runner captures the essence of what it means to be a competitive runner to devote your entire existence to a singleminded pursuit of excellence It has become one of the most beloved sports novels ever writtenOriginally selfpublished in 1978 and sold at road races out of the trunk of the authors car the book eventually found its way into the hands of high school college and postgraduate athletes all over the country Reading it became a rite of passage on many teams and tattered copies were handed down like sacred texts from generation to generation It ranked as the number one most soughtafter outofprint book in the United States in 2007Once a Runner is the story of Quenton Cassidy a collegiate runner at fictional Southeastern University whose lifelong dream is to run a fourminute mile He is less than a second away when the political and cultural turmoil of the Vietnam War era intrudes into the staid recesses of his schools athletic department After he becomes involved in an athletes protest Cassidy is suspended from his track teamUnder the tutelage of his friend and mentor Bruce Denton a graduate student and former Olympic gold medalist Cassidy gives up his scholarship his girlfriend and possibly his future to withdraw to a monastic retreat in the countryside and begin training for the race of his life a headtohead match with the greatest miler in history This book is a rare insiders account of the incredibly intense lives of elite distance runners an inspiring funny and spoton tale of one mans quest to become a champion. Seller Inventory # DADAX1416597883
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