The Wildest Race Ever
The Story of the 1904 Olympic Marathon
A Paula Wiseman Book/Beach Lane Books · Print & ebook · March 1, 2016
From Megan McCarthy the award-winning author of Pop! and Earmuffs for Everyone comes the quirky, fascinating, and inspiring story of perseverance and the importance of sportsmanship set at the 1904 St.
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- Who it’s for
- A lively picture-book take on Olympic history, where perseverance and sportsmanship meet a famously unruly race.
- Themes
- Perseverance, Sportsmanship, Olympic history
- Pacing
- Mixed
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From Megan McCarthy the award-winning author of Pop! and Earmuffs for Everyone comes the quirky, fascinating, and inspiring story of perseverance and the importance of sportsmanship set at the 1904 St. Louis Olympic Marathon. It was 1904 and St. Louis was proud to host the World’s Fair and America’s First Olympics. Hundreds of thousands of people came by car, by train, by boat. Part of the Olympics was a wild, wacky marathon.
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Forty-two racers registered, thirty-two showed up, and of the three racers vying for the finish line: on drove part way, one was helped by his trainers over the line, and one was a postman who travelled from Cuba and ran in street clothes that he cut off to look like shorts. How they ran and who won is a story of twists and turns that only wouldn’t be believed if it weren’t true! And it is! Find out who won in this wacky and well-researched picture book all about the historic Olympic Marathon of 1904.
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A lively picture-book take on Olympic history, where perseverance and sportsmanship meet a famously unruly race.
Come here for
- A true sports story with twists, turns, and plenty of oddity
- A spirited look at perseverance and sportsmanship
Expect
- A quirky, accessible telling of the 1904 Olympic Marathon
- Historic detail with an entertaining, offbeat tone
Where it sits
| Olympics | 90% |
|---|---|
| Track & Field | 52% |
| 20th Century U.S. | 39% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Sports Biographies for Kids
- 20th Century U.S.
- Track & Field
- Authors
- Meghan McCarthy
- Publisher
- A Paula Wiseman Book/Beach Lane Books
- Published
- March 1, 2016
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Perseverance · Sportsmanship · Olympic history
- Reading lane
- Sports Biographies for Kids