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Something in the Air: American Passion and Defiance in the 1968 Mexico City Olympics Paperback - 2018

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  • Title Something in the Air: American Passion and Defiance in the 1968 Mexico City Olympics
  • Author Richard Hoffer
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 276
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Nebraska Press
  • Date 2018-10-01
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • ISBN 9781496211774 / 1496211774
  • Weight 0.9 lbs (0.41 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.62 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 1.57 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1960's
  • Library of Congress subjects Olympics
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2018947139
  • Dewey Decimal Code 796.48

About the author

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.

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