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Native Trailblazer: The Glory and Tragedy of Penobscot Runner Andrew Sockalexis - Tapa blanda

Rice, Ed

 
9781684750108: Native Trailblazer: The Glory and Tragedy of Penobscot Runner Andrew Sockalexis
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ISBN 10: 1684750105 ISBN 13: 9781684750108
Editorial: Down East Books, 2021

Sinopsis

Ed Rice chronicles the tragically short life of Olympic and Boston Marathon runner Andrew Sockalexis—who died at the age of 27 from tuberculosis—focusing on his running and the races that earned him recognition from the sports community and made him revered at home.

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Ed Rice grew up in Bangor, Maine, and has been an arts critic for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram, Maine Times, and Maine Public Broadcasting System’s “Maine Things Considered.” He has taught journalism and communication studies at several colleges, as well as taught high school English and coached cross country. An avid long distance runner who has completed 27 marathons (including eight Boston Marathons), Rice created Bangor’s popular Terry Fox 5-k in 1982 and directed the charity event for over twenty years. In 1997 he ran across the state of Massachusetts (162 miles in seven days) in support of a research fund to help end ALS. Rice is the author Baseball's First Indian and Robin Emery. He also edited If They Could Only Hear Me, a collection of personal essays about the fight against ALS. He lives with his wife, Susan, in St. Stephens, New Brunswick, Canada.

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Editorial
Down East Books
Año de publicación
2021
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1684750105
ISBN 13 
9781684750108
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
380
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