Abel Kiviat, National Champion: Twentieth-Century Track and Field and the Melting Pot

by Alan S. Katchen

Book Overview

Abel Kiviat (1892-1991) was one of track and field's legendary personalities, a world record-holder and Olympic medalist in the metric mile. A teenage prodigy, he defeated Hall of Fame runners before his twentieth birthday. Alan S. Katchen brings Kiviat's fascinating story to life and re-creates a lost world, when track and field was at the height of its popularity and occupying a central place in America's sporting world.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815609396
• ISBN13: 9780815609391
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 412 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.2"