Rome 1960 (book)
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Pulitzer Prize
winner author David Maraniss
has had his 478 page book published in 2008: 'Rome 1960: The Olympics that Changed the World' through publisher Simon & Schuster
of New York, London, Toronto, and Sydney in July, 2008.
Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
winner author David Maraniss
David Maraniss
David Maraniss is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author. As a reporter for The Washington Post he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for his stories about the life and career of candidate Bill Clinton in the 1992 campaign for the U.S...
has had his 478 page book published in 2008: 'Rome 1960: The Olympics that Changed the World' through publisher Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster, Inc., a division of CBS Corporation, is a publisher founded in New York City in 1924 by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster. It is one of the four largest English-language publishers, alongside Random House, Penguin and HarperCollins...
of New York, London, Toronto, and Sydney in July, 2008.
Errata to the text of the first edition, hardcover
- Page 201 correction: Actor Louis (Bob) Faust separated from his wife Amelia with comprehensive care for his children; he found suitable homes for each of his six living children before separating; one child had died at birth, the fourth. His wife was not pregnant at the time; he returned after eight years and joined his wife Amelia to conceive their eighth child JoAnn Faust who died at age 33.
- Pages 189, 190, and 203 correction: The sequence and heights need correction. There was a morning preliminaries for the high jump event. Jumpers who cleared the morning's preliminary qualifying height were admitted to the afternnoon Finals. Joe Faust did clear the qualifying height of 6' 6" in the morning session on his first try; in doing so, he moved to the afternoon Finals where he cleared the opening bar of 6' 4". The spasms from the nerve injury were extreme; at the next bar, he took the three permitted tries to complete the competition in the finals. He did not just step away; he completed all possible jumps.