The Other Olympians: Fascism, Queerness, and the Making of Modern Sports

by Michael Waters

Book Overview

Named one of the Best Books of 2024 by The New Yorker, NPR and BookPage

"Michael Waters performs an Olympian act of storytelling, using the stories of these extraordinary athletes to explore in brilliant detail the struggle for understanding and equality." --Jonathan Eig, author of King: A Life, winner of the Pulitzer Prize

The story of the early trans athletes and Olympic bureaucrats who lit...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374609810
• ISBN13: 9780374609818
• Release Date: June 2024
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.3"