Something in the air
Subtitle: American passion and defiance in the 1968 Mexico City Olympics
By: Richard Hoffer.
Publisher: Free Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781416588948
Subjects: Olympics -- Participation, American
Table of contents: title: Roads to glory: dogs on ice, a third string end and robin hood; title: 1968: tanks on the streets, dead on a balcony and Audie Murphy; title: Speed city: pineapple upside down cake, tutti frutti and Jack Daniels; title: Countdown to Mexico: lymphocytes, zip guns and ROTC; title: A boycott: Hells Angels, a petrified pig, and more Ralph Henry Barbou; title: A desperate innovation: rolls, straddles and an airborne seizure; title: The trials: spondylolsthesis, brush spikes, and a brutal stomping; title: Denver: the anarchists' convention, a vote for Nixon, a cold chill; title: Mexico City: thin air, fresh paint, and shots in the night; title: Opening ceremonies: flag dipping, a family feud and 6300 pigeons; title: And they're off: a grisly tableau, pinochle, and a guided missile launch; title: Protest: licorice hammers, tommie jets and black gloves; title: Harder and higher: the little stinker, beauty and the beast, and; title: Hollywood agents; title: Aftershocks: pimped out socks, a mutation performance, and sparks under; title: His feet; title: Monday: a grunion hunt, a crying tigerbelle, and a jig for joy; title: Week two: a cuddlesome junior, a ragtag bunch, and a blonde in a; title: Beehive; title: Pappy's boys: rateros, various sarges, and a lucky picture of a pretty girl; title: Going home: boy scouts, psychedelic mileage, and a black bra.