Rome 1960: The Olympics that Changed the World - Rilegato

Maraniss, David

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ISBN 10: 1416534075 ISBN 13: 9781416534075

Casa editrice: Simon & Schuster, 2008

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An account of the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome reveals the competition's unexpected influence on the modern world, in a narrative synopsis that pays tribute to such athletes as Cassius Clay and Wilma Rudolph while evaluating the roles of Cold War propaganda, civil rights, and politics. 250,000 first printing.

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David Maraniss, an associate editor at The Washington Post, is the author of critically acclaimed best-selling books on Bill Clinton, Vince Lombardi, Vietnam and the sixties, Roberto Clemente, and the 1960 Rome Olympics. He won the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of Clinton, was part of a Post team that won the 2007 Pulitzer for coverage of the Virginia Tech tragedy, and has been a Pulitzer finalist three other times, including in the nonfiction history category for They Marched Into Sunlight: War and Peace, Vietnam and America, October 1967. Maraniss is a fellow of the Society of American Historians and a member of Biographers International Organization. He lives in Washington, D.C. and Madison, Wisconsin, with his wife, Linda. They have two grown children and three granddaughters.

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• Editore: Simon & Schuster
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1416534075
• ISBN 13: 9781416534075
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 478