Description
Ryun and Sons Publishing, Lawrence, Kansas, Published 1995. Paperback, xxiii, 199 pp.; 24 cm; illustrated with black-and-white photographs throughout. Reprint of the 1984 Harper & Row edition (the original ISBN, copyright registration, and Library of Congress data are retained on the copyright page; a Publisher's Footnote on p. 201 explains that the photographs were rescanned from the original book, the original photo files having been lost in the intervening twelve years). Signed and inscribed on the title page by author Jim Ryun to the previous owner, with the biblical reference "John 3:3-8" beneath the signature.
Condition & notes
In Very Good condition. Glossy pictorial paper covers feature a black-and-white photograph of Ryun finishing a race and show light bumping and creasing to edges and corners and mild shelf wear. Binding tight. Otherwise unmarked.Autobiography of Jim Ryun (b. 1947), the first American high school student to break the four-minute mile, world record holder in the mile and 1500 meters during the late 1960s, and silver medalist in the 1500 meters at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. Co-written with Mike Phillips and traces Ryun's running career from Wichita East High School through the University of Kansas, the 1968 and 1972 Olympics, his professional track years in Eugene, Oregon, and his subsequent conversion to evangelical Christianity (which became the focus of his later public life and, after this book's reissue, his political career as U.S. Representative for Kansas, 1996-2007).Contents: Preface by Mike Phillips; A Note from Jim Ryun; Prologue; The Need to Be Someone; The New Sophomore at East High; In Pursuit of Four Minutes; Climb to the Summit; Where Do You Go from the Top?; Changing Times; Anne; Preparation for Mexico City; Disappointment at 7,300 Feet; Aftermath of the Silver; No Solution; Turmoil; New Purpose in Life; The Eugene Trials; Battling the Bureaucracy; The Appeal; Professional Track; Saved but Stalled; Letting Go; New Steps; God Is Faithful; Becoming One; Epilogue; Publisher's Footnote.
