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Something in the Air: American Passion and Defiance in the 1968 Mexico City Olympics
Richard Hoffer
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| #2030380 in Books | Bison Books | 2011-04-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.96 x.69 x6.04l,.89 | File type: PDF | 268 pages | ||4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.| Solid, not spectacular view of the 1968 Mexico City Olympics|By William Capodanno|I got interested in this book while reading an excerpt in a recent issue of Sports Illustrated. I had extremely high hopes for this book, but was somewhat disappointed. Being born in 1970, I obviously have no personal recollection of the 1968 Olympics, but long remembered hearing about Bob Beamo||
“Richard Hoffer has given us a wonderful cross-section of characters and a thorough portrayal of the controversial events surrounding the 1968 Olympics, so that we learn to appreciate these Mexico City Games in a way we never did before. It’s
Something in the Air is Richard Hoffer’s gripping sports narrative that tells the individual stories of the athletes who gathered in Mexico City in 1968, a year of dramatic upheaval around the world. Racial tensions were high on the U.S. Olympic team, where inflamed black athletes had to choose between demands for justice, on the one hand, and loyalty to country, on the other.
You easily download any file type for your device.Something in the Air: American Passion and Defiance in the 1968 Mexico City Olympics | Richard Hoffer. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
