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Lance : the making of the world's greatest champion / John Wilcockson.
- Title
- Lance : the making of the world's greatest champion / John Wilcockson.
- Author
- Wilcockson, John
- Publication
- [Cambridge, Mass.] : Da Capo Press, c2009.
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| Text | Request in advance | GV1051.A76 W55 2009 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xii, 383 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.); 24 cm.
- Summary
- A cancer survivor who went on to win the Tour de France an unprecedented seven times, Lance Armstrong is an inspiration to millions. Yet few know the complete story of this brash, smart, and fiercely competitive Texan who battled to the top of his sport, overcame the most rampant case of testicular cancer doctors had seen, and then conquered cycling's Holy Grail time after time. Here, sportswriter John Wilcockson draws on dozens of interviews with those who know him best to trace Armstrong's remarkable yet controversial journey in vivid detail.--From publisher description.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- collective biographies.
- Biographies
- History
- Biographies.
- Note
- Includes index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Prologue: just an idea -- Origins -- Raising Lance -- Breaking out -- Wanting it all -- Moving on -- Here comes the king -- The road to Barcelona -- A rookie in orbit -- Breakthrough -- The rainbow and the gold -- A shadow and a curse -- Endings and beginnings -- Roller-coaster ride -- A steep hill to climb -- New beginnings -- False start -- Yellow jersey -- Knockout -- The blue train -- An impossible dream -- One more for the road -- World's greatest champion.
- ISBN
- 9780306815874 :
- 0306815877 :
- OCLC
- 225874944
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library