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MPN: 1681776642

Brand: Pegasus Books

Style: ABIS_BOOK

ISBN: 9781681776644

Book Title: Beautiful Race : the Story of the Giro D'italia

Publisher: Pegasus Books

Item Length: 9 in

Publication Year: 2018

Format: Hardcover

Language: English

Illustrator: Yes

Item Height: 1.1 in

Author: Colin O'brien

Genre: Sports & Recreation

Topic: Cycling, General, History

Item Weight: 15.6 Oz

Item Width: 6 in

Number of Pages: 239 Pages

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Product Identifiers

Publisher

Pegasus Books

ISBN-10

1681776642

ISBN-13

9781681776644

eBay Product ID (ePID)

241143340

Product Key Features

Book Title

Beautiful Race : the Story of the Giro D'italia

Number of Pages

239 Pages

Language

English

Topic

Cycling, General, History

Publication Year

2018

Illustrator

Yes

Genre

Sports & Recreation

Author

Colin O'brien

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height

1.1 in

Item Weight

15.6 Oz

Item Length

9 in

Item Width

6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience

Trade

LCCN

2017-278611

Dewey Edition

Reviews

The Giro and Italy, Italy and the Giro: this book helps to explain how each has helped shape the other. An excellent introduction to the history of the Giro and all that it means to Italy and cycling. , O'Brien wonderfully captures the colorful characters and landscapes that have shaped a century of Italy's national cycling race. An excellent, detailed narrative that expertly places the Giro within the context of modern Italian history.

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Dewey Decimal

796.62/0945

Synopsis

A celebration of the Giro d'Italia in all its kaleidoscopic glory after more than one-hundred stagings of this glorious race. Born out of tumult in 1909, the Giro d'Italia helped unite a divided Italy. Since then, it has reflected it's home country--the Giro's capricious and unpredictable nature matches the passions and extremes of Italy itself. A desperately hard race through a stunning landscape, the Giro has bred characters and stories that dramatize the shifting culture and society of its home. There was Alfonsina Strada, who cropped her hair and raced against the men in 1924, or Ottavio Bottecchia, expected to challenge for the winner's "Maglia Rosa," the famed pink jersey, in 1928, until he was killed on a training ride--most likely by Mussolini's Black Shirts. And what would a book about the Giro d'Italia be without Fausto Coppi, the metropolitan playboy with amphetamines in his veins, guided by a mystic blind masseur, who seemed to glide up the peaks. But let us not forget his arch rival Gino Bartali--humble, pious and brave. It recently emerged that he smuggled papers for persecuted Jewish Italians. Then there is the Giro's most tragic hero, Marco Pantani, born to climb but fated to lose. Halted only by World Wars, the Giro has been contested for over a century, and The Beautiful Race is a richly written celebration of this legendary race., Born of tumult in 1909, the Giro d'Italia helped unite a nation. Since then, it has reflected it's home country--the Giro's capricious and unpredictable nature matches the passions and extremes of Italy itself. A desperately hard race through a beautiful country, the Giro has bred characters and stories that dramatize the shifting culture and society of its home. There was Alfonsina Strada, who cropped her hair and raced against the men in 1924, or Ottavio Bottecchia, expected to challenge for the winner's "Maglia Rosa," the famed pink jersey, in 1928, until he was killed on a training ride--most likely by Mussolini's Black Shirts. And what would a book about the Giro d'Italia be without Fausto Coppi, the metropolitan playboy with amphetamines in his veins, guided by a mystic blind masseur, who seemed to glide up the peaks. But let us not forget his arch rival Gino Bartali--humble, pious and brave. It recently emerged that he smuggled papers for persecuted Jewish Italians. Then there is the Giro's most tragic hero, Marco Pantani, born to climb but fated to lose. Halted only by World Wars, the Giro has been contested for over a century, and The Beautiful Race is a richly written celebration of this legendary race., A celebration of the Giro d'Italia in all its kaleidoscopic glory after more than one-hundred stagings of this glorious race.

LC Classification Number

GV1049.2.G57O24 2018