The first in-depth study of the marathon as a cultural performance that has as much power to unite communities across lines of race, ethnicity, class, and gender as it does to empower individuals.
Pamela Cooper presently writes for, and serves as historical advisor to Runner's World magazine. She has published articles on the marathon footrace in the Journal of Sport History and the International Jounal of the History of Sport.
[Cooper] covers the running boom of the early 1900s and the
formation of Irish, Italian, and German running clubs in New York
City, where for many the race served as a metaphor for their
journeys to this country, and winds down with today's role of
corporate sponsorship. Cooper guides readers through the complex
maze of governing (and often feuding) organizations . . . . This is
a necessary selection for any sports collection.-- "Booklist"
Contains everything you ever wanted to know about marathons, but
also a great deal of real significance that you don't know to
ask.-- "Publishers Weekly"
From now on anyone who wants to write about the marathon will have
to read this book.-- "James Dunaway, Track and Field News"
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