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Once a Runner: A Novel By John L. Parker Jr.
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- Condition
- Title
- Once a Runner: A Novel
- ISBN
- 9781416597896
- Book Title
- Once a Runner : a Novel
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Item Length
- 8.4 in
- Publication Year
- 2010
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.5 in
- Genre
- Sports & Recreation, Fiction
- Topic
- Coming of Age, Sports, Running & Jogging
- Item Weight
- 8.3 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 304 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Scribner
ISBN-10
1416597891
ISBN-13
9781416597896
eBay Product ID (ePID)
74152625
Product Key Features
Book Title
Once a Runner : a Novel
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Coming of Age, Sports, Running & Jogging
Publication Year
2010
Genre
Sports & Recreation, Fiction
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
8.3 Oz
Item Length
8.4 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2010-293323
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"Part training manual, part religious tract, part love story, and all about running, Once a Runner is so inspiring it could be banned as a performance-enhancing drug." -Benjamin Cheever, author of Strides, The best piece of running fiction around. Beg, borrow, or buy a copy, and you'll never need another motivator. -Dave Langlais, Runner's World, "The best piece of running fiction around. Beg, borrow, or buy a copy, and you'll never need another motivator." -Dave Langlais, Runner's World, "The best piece of running fiction around. Beg, borrow, or buy a copy, and you'll never need another motivator." -- Dave Langlais, Runner's World, "By far the most accurate fictional portrayal of the world of the serious runner...a marvelous description of the way it really is." -- Kenny Moore,Sports Illustrated, eoeBy far the most accurate fictional portrayal of the world of the serious runnerea marvelous description of the way it really is.e e"Kenny Moore, Sports Illustrated, 'Part training manual, part religious tract, part love story, and all about running,Once a Runneris so inspiring it could be banned as a performance-enhancing drug.' —Benjamin Cheever, author ofStrides, "Part training manual, part religious tract, part love story, and all about running, Once a Runner is so inspiring it could be banned as a performance-enhancing drug." --Benjamin Cheever, author of Strides, "Perhaps the best novel ever written about running. There are parts ofOnce a Runnerthat are pure poetry. I enjoyed it thoroughly and have never read descriptions of what it is to run and race as accurate and compelling as Parker's." -- Tom Jordan,Track & Field News, "Perhaps the best novel ever written about running. There are parts of Once a Runner that are pure poetry. I enjoyed it thoroughly and have never read descriptions of what it is to run and race as accurate and compelling as Parker's." -- Tom Jordan, Track & Field News, "There is a remarkable parallel between the pacing of this novel and a well-run race." -- Ed Ayres, Running Times, eoeThe best piece of running fiction around. Beg, borrow, or buy a copy, and youe(tm)ll never need another motivator.e e"Dave Langlais, Runnere(tm)s World, "Part training manual, part religious tract, part love story, and all about running,Once a Runneris so inspiring it could be banned as a performance-enhancing drug." -- Benjamin Cheever, author ofStrides: Running Through History with an Unlikely Athlete, "By far the most accurate fictional portrayal of the world of the serious runner...a marvelous description of the way it really is." -Kenny Moore, Sports Illustrated, "The best piece of running fiction around. Beg, borrow, or buy a copy, and you'll never need another motivator." -- Dave Langlais,Runner's World, "Part training manual, part religious tract, part love story, and all about running, Once a Runner is so inspiring it could be banned as a performance-enhancing drug." -- Benjamin Cheever, author of Strides: Running Through History with an Unlikely Athlete, "By far the most accurate fictional portrayal of the world of the serious runner...a marvelous description of the way it really is." --Kenny Moore, Sports Illustrated, "The best piece of running fiction around. Beg, borrow, or buy a copy, and you'll never need another motivator." --Dave Langlais, Runner's World, eoePart training manual, part religious tract, part love story, and all about running, Once a Runner is so inspiring it could be banned as a performance-enhancing drug.e e"Benjamin Cheever, author of Strides, "By far the most accurate fictional portrayal of the world of the serious runner...a marvelous description of the way it really is." -- Kenny Moore, Sports Illustrated, By far the most accurate fictional portrayal of the world of the serious runner…a marvelous description of the way it really is. -Kenny Moore, Sports Illustrated, "There is a remarkable parallel between the pacing of this novel and a well-run race." -- Ed Ayres,Running Times, Part training manual, part religious tract, part love story, and all about running, Once a Runner is so inspiring it could be banned as a performance-enhancing drug. -Benjamin Cheever, author of Strides
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Synopsis
The undisputed classic of running novels and one of the most beloved sports books ever published, Once a Runner tells the story of an athlete's dreams amid the turmoil of the 60s and the Vietnam war. Inspired by the author's experience a, The undisputed classic of running novels and one of the most beloved sports books ever published, Once a Runner tells the story of an athlete's dreams amid the turmoil of the 60s and the Vietnam war. Inspired by the author's experience as a collegiate champion, the novel follows Quenton Cassidy, a competitive runner at fictional Southeastern University whose lifelong dream is to run a four-minute mile. He is less than a second away when the turmoil of the Vietnam War era intrudes into the staid recesses of his school's athletic department. After he becomes involved in an athletes' protest, Cassidy is suspended from his track team. Under the tutelage of his friend and mentor, Bruce Denton, a graduate student and former Olympic gold medalist, Cassidy gives up his scholarship, his girlfriend, and possibly his future to withdraw to a monastic retreat in the countryside and begin training for the race of his life against the greatest miler in history. A rare insider's account of the incredibly intense lives of elite distance runners, Once a Runner is an inspiring, funny, and spot-on tale of one individual's quest to become a champion., Originally self-published in 1978, Once a Runnerhas become one of the most beloved sports novels ever published.
LC Classification Number
PS3566.A679O53 2010
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