Running to Glory (eBook)

An Unlikely Team, a Challenging Season, and Chasing the American Dream

Sam McManis (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
280 Seiten
Lyons Press (Verlag)
978-1-4930-4153-4 (ISBN)

Infos

The runners from Eisenhower High School have every justification to fail. They're from low income families, many of whom are migrant workers. With little time to devote to their passion, they give everything they have to their quest for the Washington State High School Cross Country Championship. Running to Glory is a celebration of grit, perseverance, and the American Dream. It follows the cross country team from Eisenhower High in Yakima, Washington, through a tumultuous and challenging season with excitement, suspense and pathos. Despite enormous economic disadvantages, the Eisenhower runners compete with affluent schools in the Seattle-Tacoma area, where parent involvement is strong and funds are readily available. Their coach Phil English knows how his runners feel. He grew up poor in rural Ireland in the 1960s during The Troubles and emigrated to the U.S. for a college track scholarship. Over 37 years coaching in Yakima, Coach English won 11 state titles, and sent more than 100 kids to college with scholarships for running. Author Sam McManis crafts a compelling narrative, which follows the team from summer workouts in the blistering sun to the state championship meet in the bitter cold. Readers will discover how these young men and women overcome their environment or succumb to iton the course and in the classroom.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 26.7.2019
• Zusatzinfo: 16 Illustrations including: - 16 Black & White Illustrations.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: American dream • American Sports • Athletes • Athletics • Champions • Cross Country • cross country runners • cross country running • Eisenhower High School • high school athletics • high school competition • high school cross country • high school running • high school sports • high school track and field • Immigrants • Immigration • runners • Running • Seattle • socio-economic • Sports • sports drama • sports writing • Sprinter • sprinting • Track • track and field • Track and field athletics • Washington • Washington State • washington state track and field
• ISBN-10: 1-4930-4153-3 / 1493041533
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4930-4153-4 / 9781493041534