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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Askwith, Richard.     Subjects     Zátopek, Emil, 1922-2000.     Track and field athletes -- Czechoslovakia -- Biography.     Olympic athletes -- Czechoslovakia -- Biography.     Sports and state -- Czechoslovakia.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Askwith, Richard.       by title:      Today we die a littl...         MARC Display

Today we die a little! : the inimitable Emil Zátopek, the greatest Olympic runner of all time / Richard Askwith. by Askwith, Richard. New York : Nation Books, c2016. Subjects Zátopek, Emil, 1922-2000.   Track and field athletes -- Czechoslovakia -- Biography.   Olympic athletes -- Czechoslovakia -- Biography.   Sports and state -- Czechoslovakia. ISBN:  9781568585499 1568585497 Description:  xvii, 457 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm 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. Requests:  0 Summary:  "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.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Art, Music & Recreation 796.42092 Zatopek As Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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