The Chicago Marathon - 9780252074219

The Chicago MarathonAuthor(s): Andrew Suozzo\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Illinois Press, United States\nImprint: University of Illinois Press\nISBN-13: 9780252074219, 978-0252074219\nSynopsis\nReceived the Hal Higdon Journalism Award, recognizing serious journalism about running from the Chicago Area Runners Association (CARA, 2007).\n\nThe first book-length study of the city's great annual contest\n\nIn The Chicago Marathon, Andrew Suozzo reveals this citywide ritual as far more than a simple race. Providing a full-spectrum look at the event's production and participants, Suozzo shows how the elements that comprise the marathon also reflect modern Chicago's politics, it's people, and the ways the city engages with the wider world.\n\nThe book encompasses all of the forces that come together to make the race the spectacle it has become today. Beginning with a brisk history of the marathon, Suozzo leads readers from its origins in Greek mythology to its modern reality.