The Four-minute MileLyons & Burford, 1989 - 253 ページ On May 6, 1954, Roger Bannister made history by running the first sub-four-minute mile. This is the story of that epic run. "Mr. Bannister writes in much the same fashion as he runs -- with rippling smoothness". -- New York Times |
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