{"product_id":"book-f79j","title":"The Race of the Century: The Battle to Break the Four-Minute Mile (Scholastic Focus)","description":"Highly acclaimed author Neal Bascomb brings his peerless research and fast-paced narrative style to a young adult adaptation ofone of his most successful adult books of all time, The Perfect Mile, an inspiring and moving story of three men racing to achievethe impossible -- the perfect four-minute mile.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere was a time when running the mile in four minutes was believed to be beyond the limits of human foot speed. In 1952, aftersuffering defeat at the Helsinki Olympics, three world-class runners each set out to break this barrier: Roger Bannister was ayoung English medical student who epitomized the ideal of the amateur; John Landy the privileged son of a genteel Australianfamily; and Wes Santee the swaggering American, a Kansas farm boy and natural athlete.Spanning three continents and defying the odds, these athletes' collective quest captivated the world. Neal Bascomb's bestsellingadult account adapted for young adults delivers a breathtaking story of unlikely heroes and leaves us with a lasting portrait of thetwilight years of the golden age of sport.","brand":"Scholastic Inc","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49359138816304,"sku":"BDf79j","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/f79j-cover.jpg?v=1759531383","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-f79j","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}