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Fire on the Track: Betty Robinson and the Triumph of the Early Olympic Women
by Montillo, Roseanne
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Newton, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York: Crown Archetype, 2017. 8vo size trade paperback; 276 pages. Covers are unique to proof. Front cover states Uncorrected Proof. Back cover also stated Uncorrect Proof, provides a lengthy overview of the book, a one sentence biography of the author, and details of the finished book. Inside back cover details publicity plan. While pages are allocated for an index, the index is incomplete in the proof. From back cover: "When Betty Robinson assumed her starting position at the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam, she was participating in what was only her fourth-ever organized track meet. She crossed the finish in as a gold medalist and the fastest woman in the world. This improbable athletic phenom was an ordinary high school student, discovered while running for a train... mere months before her Olympic debut." Edgewear, bumped and creased bottom corner of front cover. . Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Uncorrected Proof.
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- Seller
- Charity Bookstall
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 006722
- Title
- Fire on the Track: Betty Robinson and the Triumph of the Early Olympic Women
- Author
- Montillo, Roseanne
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Crown Archetype
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2017
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Uncorrected proof; United States; Olympics; Olympians; Betty Robinson; Sports; American; Women;Los Angeles Games; 1936 Olympic Team;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sports; Women's Studies; ARC/Uncorrected Proofs;
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- Uncorrected Proof
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- Jacket
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