TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bascomb,Neal
TI  - The race of the century: the battle to break the four-minute mile 
SN  - 9781338628463
PY  - 2022///
CY  - New York
PB  - Scholastic Focus
KW  - Bannister, Roger
KW  - Landy, John,
KW  - Santee, Wes
KW  - Runners (Sports)
KW  - Biography
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - Running
KW  - Records
KW  - Biographies
KW  - lcgft
N1  - "True stories in focus" -- Book jacket; "Award-winning author Neal Bascomb brings his peerless research and thrilling, fast-paced narrative style to a breathless YA adaptation of one of ... The Perfect Mile ..." -- front flap; Includes bibliographical references and index; Ages 12 and up; Scholastic Focus; Grades 10-12; Scholastic Focus
N2  - "There was a time when running the mile in four minutes was believed to be beyond the limits of human foot speed. In 1952, after suffering defeat at the Helsinki Olympics, three world-class runners each set out to break this barrier: Roger Bannister was a young English medical student who epitomized the ideal of the amateur; John Landy the privileged son of a genteel Australian family; and Wes Santee the swaggering American, a Kansas farm boy and natural athlete. Spanning three continents and defying the odds, these athletes' collective quest captivated the world. Neal Bascomb's bestselling adult account adapted for young readers delivers a breathtaking story of unlikely heroes and leaves us with a lasting portrait of the twilight years of the golden age of sport"--; "Highly acclaimed author Neal Bascomb brings his peerless research and fast-paced narrative style to a young adult adaptation of one of his most successful adult books of all time, The Perfect Mile, an inspiring and moving story of three men racing to achieve the impossible -- the perfect four-minute mile.There was a time when running the mile in four minutes was believed to be beyond the limits of human foot speed. In 1952, after suffering defeat at the Helsinki Olympics, three world-class runners each set out to break this barrier: Roger Bannister was a young English medical student who epitomized the ideal of the amateur; John Landy the privileged son of a genteel Australian family; and Wes Santee the swaggering American, a Kansas farm boy and natural athlete.Spanning three continents and defying the odds, these athletes' collective quest captivated the world. Neal Bascomb's bestselling adult account adapted for young readers delivers a breathtaking story of unlikely heroes and leaves us with a lasting portrait of the twilight years of the golden age of sport"--
ER  -