{"product_id":"the-wizard-of-foz-dick-fosburys-one-man-high-jump-revolution-9781510736191","title":"The Wizard of Foz: Dick Fosbury's One-Man High-Jump Revolution","description":"\u003cb\u003eTrack and Field Writers of America's Book of the Year! \"Great read! .... Evokes a time and place that many of us remember well, and provides insight for those who came after. \"--Tom Jordan, author of \u003ci\u003ePre: The Story of America's Greatest Running Legend, Steve Prefontaine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1968, perhaps the finest US Olympic men's track-and-field team ever stirred the world in unprecedented ways, among them the victory stand black rights protest by Tommie Smith and John Carlos in Mexico City. But in competition no single athlete mirrored the free-thinking '60s better than Dick Fosbury, a failed prep high jumper who invented an offbeat style that ultimately won him a gold medal and revolutionized the event. No jumpers today use any other style than his. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYet few know the struggles Fosbury endured to achieve his success, as he and Bob Welch recount in \u003ci\u003eThe Wizard of Foz\u003c\/i\u003e. From the tragic death of a younger brother to nearly dying himself, from flunking out of college to nearly being drafted, Fosbury cleared far more obstacles than a high-jump bar. And even when he had seemingly made the US Olympic Team, he faced a \"redo\" that nobody saw coming. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book tells a story of loss, survival, and triumph, twined in a person (Fosbury), a time (the '60s), and a place (a fantasy-like Olympic Trials venue high in the Sierra Nevada) clearly made for each other. It is a story of a young man who refused to listen to those who laughed at him, those who doubted him, and those who tried to make him someone he was not.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Skyhorse Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/04\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781510736191\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2018 pg. 39\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bob Welch","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43124444725429,"sku":"9781510736191","price":21.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_99d45d86-ea14-490d-b29c-75a68e3f2aa6.jpg?v=1694552322","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-wizard-of-foz-dick-fosburys-one-man-high-jump-revolution-9781510736191","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}