The Wildest Race Ever: The Story of the 1904 Olympic Marathon (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781481406390)

From Megan McCarthy the award-winning author of Pop! and Earmuffs for Everyone comes the quirky, fascinating, and inspiring story of perseverance and the importance of sportsmanship set at the 1904 St. Louis Olympic Marathon.

It was 1904 and St. Louis was proud to host the World's Fair and America's First Olympics. Hundreds of thousands of people came by car, by train, by boat. Part of the Olympics was a wild, wacky marathon. Forty-two racers registered, thirty-two showed up, and of the three racers vying for the finish line: on drove part way, one was helped by his trainers over the line, and one was a postman who travelled from Cuba and ran in street clothes that he cut off to look like shorts. How they ran and who won is a story of twists and turns that only wouldn't be believed if it weren't true! And it is! Find out who won in this wacky and well-researched picture book all about the historic Olympic Marathon of 1904.

Author: Meghan McCarthy
ISBN-10: 1481406396
ISBN-13: 9781481406390
Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Language: English
Published: 03/01/2016
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 10.20h x 9.30w x 0.40d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.6
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 181797 / Wildest Race Ever: The Story of the 1904 Olympic Marathon


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 12/07/2015
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2016
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 02/01/2016 - Book Of Special Distinction
School Library Journal 02/01/2016 pg. 114
Booklist 02/15/2016 pg. 70
Horn Book Magazine 03/01/2016 pg. 110