Today we die a little!
Subtitle: the inimitable Emil Zátopek, the greatest Olympic runner of all time
By: Richard Askwith
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 457
ISBN-13: 9781568585499
Subjects: Sports and state; Olympic athletes; Track and field athletes; Biography
Description: "Based on extensive research in the Czech Republic, interviews with people across the world who knew him, and unprecedented cooperation from his widow ... journalist Richard Askwith's book breathes new life into the man and the myth, uncovering a glorious age of athletics and an epoch-defining time in world history."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue : the curious incident; title: 'Zá-to-pek! Zá-to-pek!'; title: The Kopřivnice kid; title: Shoemaking; title: The soldier; title: Beginnings; title: The lights come on again; title: Love and death; title: The Czech locomotive; title: Mission : invincible; title: Fairy-tale Pete; title: The longest day; title: The people's champion; title: 'Today we die a little'; title: The ambassador; title: Spring fever; title: Disgrace; title: Exile; title: In the drawer; title: 'Say it ain't so, Emil'; title: The last lap; title: Epilogue : gold dust.