Abel Kiviat, National Champion: Twentieth-century Track and Field and the Melting Pot (Sports and Entertainment)

by Alan S Katchen (Author)

• New

  Illustrated
  2009

  $55.86

  Abel Kiviat (1892-1991) was one of track and field's legendary personalities, a world record-holder and Olympic medalist in the metric mile. This book brings Kiviat's story to life and re-creates a lost world, when track and field was at the height of its popularity and occupying a central place in America's sporting world.