Richard Hoffer

Something in the Air: American Passion and Defiance in the 1968 Mexico City Olympics

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Produktbeschreibung

Richard Hoffer was a senior writer at Sports Illustrated for nineteen years and is the author of A Savage Business: The Comeback and Comedown of Mike Tyson, Jackpot Nation, and Bouts of Mania: Ali, Frazier, and Foreman—and an America on the Ropes. He lives in Santa Barbara, California, with his wife. ¿

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nebraska
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 153mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 419g
• ISBN-13: 9781496211774
• ISBN-10: 1496211774
• Artikelnr.: 52413574

Autorenporträt

Richard Hoffer was a senior writer at Sports Illustrated for nineteen years and is the author of A Savage Business: The Comeback and Comedown of Mike Tyson, Jackpot Nation, and Bouts of Mania: Ali, Frazier, and Foreman—and an America on the Ropes. He lives in Santa Barbara, California, with his wife.  

Inhaltsangabe

1. Roads to Glory - Dogs on Ice
a Third-String End
and Robin Hood 2. 1968 - Tanks on the Streets
Dead on a Balcony
and Audie Murphy 3. Speed City - Pineapple Upside-Down Cake
"Tutti Frutti
" and Jack Daniels 4. Countdown to Mexico - Lymphocytes
Zip Guns
and ROTC 5. Boycott - Hells Angels
a Petrified Pig
and More Ralph Henry Barbour 6. A Desperate Innovation - Rolls
Straddles
and an Airborne Seizure 7. The Trials - Spondylolisthesis
Brush Spikes
and a Brutal Stomping 8. Denver - The Anarchists' Convention
a Vote for Nixon
and a Cold Chill 9. Mexico City - Thin Air
Fresh Paint
and Shots in the Night 10. Opening Ceremony - Flag Dipping
a Family Feud
and 6
300 Pigeons 11. And They're Off - A Grisly Tableau
Pinochle
and a Guided Missile Launch 12. Protest - Licorice Hammers
Tommie Jets
and Black Gloves 13. Harder and Higher - The Little Stinker
Beauty and the Beast
and Hollywood Agents 14. Aftershocks - Pimped-Out Socks
a Mutation Performance
and Sparks Under His Feet 15. Monday - A Grunion Hunt
a Crying Tigerbelle
and a Jig for Joy 16. Week Two - A Cuddlesome Junior
a Ragtag Bunch
and a Blonde in a Beehive 17. Pappy's Boys - Rateros
Various Sarges
and a Lucky Picture of a Pretty Girl 18. Going Home - Boy Scouts
Psychedelic Mileage
and a Black Bra Afterword Acknowledgments Notes on Sources Index