The Chicago Marathon /

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Author / Creator:Suozzo, Andrew G.
Imprint:Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2006.
Description:xviii, 254 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6100580
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ISBN:0252031687 (cloth : alk. paper)
0252074211 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780252031687
9780252074219
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-246) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The marathon : from myth to actuality
  • 2. A brief history of the Chicago Marathon
  • 3. The race director
  • 4. Grassroots support
  • 5. Corporate and small-business sponsorship
  • 6. City government and sister agency support
  • 7. Charities
  • 8. The media
  • 9. Professionals and exceptional amateurs
  • 10. Older runners
  • 11. Middle-aged and younger runners
  • 12. Charity runners.