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Something in the Air: American Passion and Defiance in the 1968 Mexico City Olympics
Sports Illustrated senior writer Richard Hoffer records the unforgettable athletic achievements of the 1968 U.S. Olympic team in Mexico City.
Paperback, 272 pages
Published
September 22nd 2009
by Free Press
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Jangly, zippy prose (some it quite funny) enlivens this telling of the 1968 summer Olympics in Mexico City, along with some neat descriptions of how track-and-field actually works. It's a little hypocritical, or falsely lefty, to spend all this time mentioning the sexism of 60s sports coverage and then to spend about 15% of the book on female athletes, too. But Hoffer tells the story of the defiance of Tommie Smith and John Carlos affectingly--and honestly, as they come across as committed, thou...more
This week I've read my book at home and on the bus. On the bus I read for forty five minutes on monday and tuesday. At my house I read for thirty minutes in a quite environment. In the last few chapters I read about how the civil rights movement impacted the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. I could feel the tension during the time period and also a sense of hatred. African Americans were taking action and boycotting events in order to get racial equality. In one boycott African Americans threatened to...more
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An alright book. It was dry at some points, interesting at others. I think it is more a scratching the surface type book than really bringing you fully into the action. I would've like more in-depth information about what was going on. Good to read if you're big into Olympics history.
I read this book for a term paper I was writing. It was filled with a lot of great stories and information of the time period. Only flaw I saw was the part were the author mentions that Americans invented the sport of basketball. It was actually invented by James Naismith a Canadian gym teacher.
I'm skeptical about some of the information in this book.
Susan
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