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Running so hard you think you'll choke on your next breath. Lungs burning like they're drenched in battery acid. Peripheral vision blurred by the same adrenaline that drowns out the cheers coming from the full stadium. And of course, the reporters. The men scribbling furiously on their notepads so they can publish every stumble, sprain, and sniffle in these historic games. This was the world of the female athletes in the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics, the first games in which women were allowed to compete in track and field (and on a trial basis, at that). Nicknamed "the Peerless Four," the Canadian track team included some of the strongest and most diversely talented women on the scene. Narrated by the team's chaperone--a former runner herself--the women embark on their journey with the same golden goals as every other Olympian, male or female. But as the Olympic tension begins to rise with unexpected injuries, heartbreaking disqualifications, and the pressure of supreme athletic performance, each woman discovers new fears and new priorities, all while the weight of women's future in the Olympics rests on their performance. The Peerless Four is more than a sports novel, more than a record of how far women's rights have come in the past 75 years. It's a meditation on sacrifice, loyalty, commitment, perseverance, and the courage to live a true underdog tale.

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Book category Books in English Fiction & related items Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

• Full title: Peerless Four
• Subtitle: A Novel
• Author: Victoria Patterson
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192
• EAN: 9781619024410
• ISBN: 1619024411
• ID: 04839946
• Publisher: Counterpoint
• Weight: 256 g
• Dimensions: 209 × 139 × 15 mm
• Date of publishing: 11. November 2014

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