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"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"--Dust jacket flap.
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Today We Die a Little!, Richard Askwith
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- Released
- 2016
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- Subtitle
- The Inimitable Emil Ztopek, the Greatest Olympic Runner of All Time
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Richard Askwith
- Publisher
- Bold Type Books
- Released
- 2016
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 274
- ISBN10
- 1568585497
- ISBN13
- 9781568585499
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Historical Themes, History, True Stories, Biographies, Czech Literature, Sports, Sport & Outdoor, Creative Nonfiction, Czech & Slovak history, Czech History, Sports Biographies, Olympics, Athletes, Running, Normalization (1969-1989), Czech Personalities, Athletics, Prague Spring 1968, Czech Athletes, Marathon, Emil Zátopek, 1922-2000
- First published
- 2016
- Original title
- Today We Die a Little: The Rise and Fall of Emil Zátopek, Olympic Legend
- Rating
- 4.25 out of 5
- 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"--Dust jacket flap.