Alma Richards
«“Gerlach’s well-sourced and well-reasoned arguments and commentary add nuance and critical analysis to the story, offering a break from straightforward narrative and allowing critical glimpses into both the athlete and his world.” —David J. Lunt, assistant professor of history, Southern Utah University
“Gerlach seeks to separate fact from fiction, and myth from reality, to discover a gifted athlete whose story we thought we knew but didn’t. Richards’s life—which is full of triumphs and tragedies, successes and failure—provides any interested reader with an important lens to view a number of topics.” —John Sillito, professor emeritus of libraries, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah»
Alma Richards, as an unsung high school student, surprisingly set an Olympic record for the high jump in the 1912 Stockholm Olympics. He was the only native Utahn and member of the LDS church to win an Olympic gold medal in the twentieth century. Les mer
More than a century has passed since Alma Richards won an Olympic gold medal, yet this story about man and sport-the drive to excel, victory as validation of hard work, the quest for public recognition and, ultimately, the achievement of self-identity and self-satisfaction-still resonates today.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- University of Utah Press,U.S.
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9781607814917
- Utgivelsesår
- 2016
- Format
- 23 x 15 cm
Anmeldelser
«“Gerlach’s well-sourced and well-reasoned arguments and commentary add nuance and critical analysis to the story, offering a break from straightforward narrative and allowing critical glimpses into both the athlete and his world.” —David J. Lunt, assistant professor of history, Southern Utah University
“Gerlach seeks to separate fact from fiction, and myth from reality, to discover a gifted athlete whose story we thought we knew but didn’t. Richards’s life—which is full of triumphs and tragedies, successes and failure—provides any interested reader with an important lens to view a number of topics.” —John Sillito, professor emeritus of libraries, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah»