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Four-Minute Mile, Anniversary Edition - by Roger Bannister (Paperback)

Four-Minute Mile, Anniversary Edition - by  Roger Bannister (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>The fantastic memoir by Roger Bannister, the middle-distance runner who achieved the epic quest to break the four-minute mile!<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>The fantastic memoir by Roger Bannister, the middle-distance runner who achieved the epic quest to break the four-minute mile! All sports have pivotal moments, single events that change perceptions forever after. For the sport of running such a moment passed on a blustery May afternoon in 1954, when Roger Bannister broke the four-minute mile. This is the story of that fantastic run. Today, more than sixty years later, lovers of sport - runners and non-runners alike - will be moved by this impassioned story of one of sport's true heroes.<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>All sports have pivotal moments, single events that change perceptions forever after. For the sport of running, such a moment occurred on a blustery May afternoon in 1954, when Roger Bannister broke the four-minute mile. This is the story of that epic run. Today, more than fifty years later, lovers of the sport--runners and non-runners alike--will be moved by this modest but impassioned story of one of sport's true heroes.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Bannister writes in much the same fashion as he runs-with rippling smoothness, eye-catching grace, and spectacular effectiveness." --The New York Times<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Sir Roger Bannister was a medical student at Oxford when he made his famous run. He retired from competition after graduation and went on to pursue a distinguished career as a neurologist. He was knighted in 1975, and passed away in 2018.

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