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Stracher, Cameron.

Kings of the road : how Frank Shorter, Bill Rodgers, and Alberto Salazar made running go boom / Cameron Stracher.

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013.

xv, 224 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

A riveting, three-pronged narrative about the golden era of running in America-- the 1970s. Stracher tells the story of running during that golden period from 1972 to 1981 when Shorter, Rodgers, and Salazar captured the imagination of the American public as they passed their figurative baton from one to the other.

Shorter, Frank, 1947-

Rodgers, Bill, 1947-

Salazar, Alberto, 1958-

Long-distance runners -- United States -- Biography.

Long-distance running -- United States -- History -- 20th century.

Biographies.

Includes index.

Duo in the sun (1978) -- Birth of the boom (1972) -- A man. A plan. A road race (1973) -- "Will Rogers" and the car he drove in with (1974) -- Cuba libre (1965-1975) -- The good die young (May 30, 1975) -- Boston Billy (1974-1975) -- Showdown at noon (1975) -- Cheaters prosper (1976) -- Three for the road (1976) -- New York, New York (1976) -- The ligaments that bind (1977) -- Show me the money (1977) -- Death's door (1978) -- Foreign footsteps (1979) -- A brave new world (1980) -- The king is dead. Long live the king (1981) -- Boom's end (1982).

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