![]() ![]() After he bes involved in an athletes protest, Cassidy is suspended from his track team. He is less than a second away when the turmoil of the Vietnam War era intrudes into the staid recesses of his schools athletic department. Inspired by the authors experience as a collegiate champion, the novel follows Quenton Cassidy, a competitive runner at fictional Southeastern University whose lifelong dream is to run a four-minute mile. Book Synopsis The undisputed classic of running novels and one of the most beloved sports books ever published, Once a Runner tells the story of an athletes dreams amid the turmoil of the 60s and the Vietnam war. I have never read descriptions of what it is to run and race as accurate and compelling as Parkers.-Tom Jordan, Track and Field News. ![]() There are parts of Once a Runner that are pure poetry. ![]() About the Book Perhaps the best novel ever written about running. ![]()
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