Today we die a little!

the inimitable Emil Zátopek the greatest Olympic runner of all time

Today we die a little!

the inimitable Emil Zátopek the greatest Olympic runner of all time
Richard Askwith
Book - 2016

"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"--Dust jacket flap.

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37413316411000 متاح Non-fiction B-ZATOPEK ASKWITH
التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
المؤلف الرئيسي: Askwith, Richard (مؤلف)
التنسيق: كتاب
اللغة:English
منشور في: New York : Nation Books, [2016]
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a 'Za-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. 
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650 0 |a Olympic athletes  |v Biography. 
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