MP31283 : Rome 1960
Author
David Maraniss
Genre
Sport
Length
6
Description
Author Maraniss weaves sports, politics, and history into a tour de force about the 1960 Olympics. Along with the unforgettable characters and dramatic contests, there was a deeper meaning to those days at the dawn of the sixties. Change was everywhere. Old-boy notions of Olympic amateurism were crumbling. Rome saw the first doping scandal
Date Added
May 8, 2014