The Resource Sprinting through no man's land : endurance, tragedy, and rebirth in the 1919 Tour de France, Adin Dobkin
Sprinting through no man's land : endurance, tragedy, and rebirth in the 1919 Tour de France, Adin Dobkin
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- Summary
- "On June 29, 1919, one day after the Treaty of Versailles brought about the end of World War I, nearly seventy cyclists embarked on the thirteenth Tour de France. From Paris, the war-weary men rode down the western coast on a race that would trace the country's border, through seaside towns and mountains to the ghostly western front. Traversing a cratered postwar landscape, the cyclists faced near-impossible odds and the psychological scars of war. Most of the athletes had arrived straight from the front, where so many fellow countrymen had suffered or died. The cyclists' perseverance and tolerance for pain would be tested in a grueling, monthlong competition. A true story of human endurance, Sprinting Through No Man's Land explores how the cyclists united a country that had been torn apart by unprecedented desolation and tragedy. It shows how devastated countrymen and women can come together to celebrate the adventure of a lifetime and discover renewed fortitude, purpose, and national identity in the streets of their towns"--Book jacket flap
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Sprinting through no man's land : endurance, tragedy, and rebirth in the 1919 Tour de France
- Title
- Sprinting through no man's land
- Title remainder
- endurance, tragedy, and rebirth in the 1919 Tour de France
- Statement of responsibility
- Adin Dobkin
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "On June 29, 1919, one day after the Treaty of Versailles brought about the end of World War I, nearly seventy cyclists embarked on the thirteenth Tour de France. From Paris, the war-weary men rode down the western coast on a race that would trace the country's border, through seaside towns and mountains to the ghostly western front. Traversing a cratered postwar landscape, the cyclists faced near-impossible odds and the psychological scars of war. Most of the athletes had arrived straight from the front, where so many fellow countrymen had suffered or died. The cyclists' perseverance and tolerance for pain would be tested in a grueling, monthlong competition. A true story of human endurance, Sprinting Through No Man's Land explores how the cyclists united a country that had been torn apart by unprecedented desolation and tragedy. It shows how devastated countrymen and women can come together to celebrate the adventure of a lifetime and discover renewed fortitude, purpose, and national identity in the streets of their towns"--Book jacket flap
- Cataloging source
- WIQ
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Dobkin, Adin
- Dewey number
- 796.620944
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- GV1049.2.T68
- LC item number
- D63 2021
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Tour de France (Bicycle race)
- Tour de France (Bicycle race)
- Bicycle racing
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Sprinting through no man's land : endurance, tragedy, and rebirth in the 1919 Tour de France, Adin Dobkin
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-288) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1249753084
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- 295 pages
- Isbn
- 9781542018821
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1249753084
- Label
- Sprinting through no man's land : endurance, tragedy, and rebirth in the 1919 Tour de France, Adin Dobkin
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-288) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1249753084
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- 295 pages
- Isbn
- 9781542018821
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1249753084
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