Alone: The Triumph and Tragedy of John Curry
Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year award.One winter's night in 1976, millions of people all over the world watched John Curry skate to Olympic glory on an ice rink in Austria. Overnight he became one of the most famous men on the planet and changed ice skating from marginal...
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Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year award.One winter's night in 1976, millions of people all over the world watched John Curry skate to Olympic glory on an ice rink in Austria. Overnight he became one of the most famous men on the planet and changed ice skating from marginal sport to high art.And yet the man was - and would always remain - an absolute
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Format: Hardcover
ISBN:
9781408853429 (1408853426)
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Pages no: 344
Edition language: English
I'm so glad a solid and well-researched biography of John Curry has finally appeared. I do have Elva Clairmont Oglanby's highly individualistic opus (even though it was withdrawn by the publisher at the request of the family), but it's difficult having always to take a narrative with a hefty spoonfu...
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