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SOMETHING LIKE THE GODS"AMIDON'S GREAT CONTRIBUTION IS THAT HE DOESN'T MERELY FOCUS ON THE CHANGES WROUGHT IN THE IDEA OF THE ATHLETIC ICON; INSTEAD HE EMPHASIZES CONTINUITY...[HE] SUCCEEDS WHERE MANY HAVE FAILED; HE'S WRITTEN A CRITICAL HISTORY OF SPORTS THAT ALSO CAPTURES WHAT EXACTLY ATTRACTS US TO THESE GAMES IN THE FIRST PLACE." DAVE ZIRIN, BOOKFORUM.
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"I CANNOT IMAGINE A MORE ENJOYABLE AND INFORMATIVE, IF NOT MESMERIZING BOOK, AT ONCE FASCINATING IN DETAIL AND SOMEHOW LARGER THAN THE SUM OF ITS PARTS. A BIOGRAPHY OF THE HEART IS COMPELLING BECAUSE IT ISN’T ABOUT THE HEART SO MUCH AS IT IS ABOUT BEING HUMAN. AND THIS CONDITION IS INVOKED AND EXPLORED, MADE DRAMATIC AND COMPELLING THROUGH AN ASTONISHING COLLECTION OF HISTORICAL DETAILS. A LOVELY BOOK, MOVING, WITTY, AND, OF COURSE,
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