The Perfect Mile
Subtitle: Three Athletes, One Goal, and Less Than Four Minutes to Achieve It
Edition: 1st Mariner Books ed.
Publisher: Mariner Books/ Houghton Mifflin Co.
Published: April 6, 2005
Place of publication: Boston; New York
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9780618562091
Copyright date: 2004
First sentence: ON JULY 16, 1952, at Motspur Park in South London, two men were running around a black cinder track in singlets and shorts.
Notes: "First Mariner Books edition 2005. Copyright 2004 by Neal Bascomb." - Title page verso.
"Mariner Books" - cover.
"A Mariner book" - title page.
"Mariner Books/ Houghton Mifflin Company" - back cover.
Table of contents: title: Prologue; title: Part I : A reason to run; title: Part II : The barrier; title: Part III: The perfect mile; title: Epilogue; title: Author's note