Abel Kiviat, National Champion: Twentieth-Century Track and Field and the Melting Pot

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by Alan S. Katchen

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Abel Kiviat (1892-1991) was one of track and field's legendary personalities, a world record-holder and Olympic medalist in the metric mile. A teenage prodigy, he defeated Hall of Fame runners before his twentieth birthday. Alan S. Katchen brings Kiviat's fascinating story to life and re-creates a lost world, when track and field was at the height of its popularity and occupying a central place in America's sporting world.

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Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0815609396

ISBN13:9780815609391

Release Date:July 2009

Publisher:Syracuse University Press

Length:412 Pages

Weight:1.65 lbs.

Dimensions:1.3" x 6.0" x 9.2"

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20th Century Biographical Biographies Biographies & History Biography & History Ethnic & National History History of Sports Jewish Miscellaneous

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