The Perfect Mile: Three Athletes, One Goal, and Less Than Four Minutes to Achieve it
- ISBN-10
- 0618391126
- ISBN-13
- 9780618391127
- Category
- Sports & Recreation
- Pages
- 322
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Author
- Neal Bascomb
Description
Follows the journey of three young men--John Landy, Wes Santee, and Roger Bannister--who suffered defeat at the Helsinki Olympics in 1952 but nevertheless vowed to break the four-minute mile, training tirelessly to accomplish their goal.
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