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Something in the air : American passion and defiance in the 1968 Mexico City Olympics
- Title
- Something in the air : American passion and defiance in the 1968 Mexico City Olympics / Richard Hoffer.
- Author
- Hoffer, Richard.
- Publication
- New York : Free Press, 2009.
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- Description
- x, 258 p., [8] p. of plates : ill.; 24 cm.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Roads to glory: dogs on ice, a third-string end, and Robin Hood -- 1968: tanks on the streets, dead on a balcony, and Audie Murphy -- Speed city: pineapple upside-down cake, "tutti frutti," and Jack Daniels -- Countdown to Mexico: lymphocytes, zip guns, and ROTC -- Boycott: Hells Angels, a petrified pig, and more Ralph Henry Barbou -- A desperate innovation: rolls, straddles, and an airborne seizure -- The trials: spondylolisthesis, brush spikes, and a brutal stomping -- Denver: the anarchists' convention, a vote for Nixon, and a cold chill -- Mexico City: thin air, fresh paint, and shots in the night -- Opening ceremonies: flag dipping, a family feud, and 6,300 pigeons -- And they're off: a grisly tableau, pinochle, and a guided missile launch -- Protest: licorice hammers, tommie jets, and black gloves -- Harder and higher: the little stinker, Beauty and the Beast, and Hollywood agents -- Aftershocks: pimped-out socks, a mutation performance, and sparks under his feet -- Monday: a grunion hunt, a crying tigerbelle, and a jig for joy -- Week two: a cuddlesome junior, a ragtag bunch, and a blonde in a beehive -- Pappy's boys: rateros, various Sarges, and a lucky picture of a pretty girl -- Going home: Boy Scouts, psychedelic mileage, and a black bra.
- Call Number
- Sc E 10-143
- ISBN
- 9781416588948
- 1416588949
- LCCN
- 2009009045
- OCLC
- 2009009045
- Author
- Hoffer, Richard.
- Title
- Something in the air : American passion and defiance in the 1968 Mexico City Olympics / Richard Hoffer.
- Imprint
- New York : Free Press, 2009.
- Edition
- 1st Free Press hardcover ed.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Connect to:
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 10-143