The Wildest Race Ever: The Story of the 1904 Olympic Marathon by McCarthy, Meghan

The Wildest Race Ever: The Story of the 1904 Olympic Marathon

From Megan McCarthy the award-winning author of Pop! and Earmuffs for Everyone comes the quirky, fascinating, and...
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Author: Meghan McCarthy
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The Wildest Race Ever: The Story of the 1904 Olympic Marathon by McCarthy, Meghan

The Wildest Race Ever: The Story of the 1904 Olympic Marathon

$43.00

The Wildest Race Ever: The Story of the 1904 Olympic Marathon

$43.00
Author: Meghan McCarthy
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
From Megan McCarthy the award-winning author of Pop! and Earmuffs for Everyone comes the quirky, fascinating, and inspiring story of perseverance and the importance of sportsmanship set at the 1904 St. Louis Olympic Marathon.

It was 1904 and St. Louis was proud to host the World's Fair and America's First Olympics. Hundreds of thousands of people came by car, by train, by boat. Part of the Olympics was a wild, wacky marathon. Forty-two racers registered, thirty-two showed up, and of the three racers vying for the finish line: on drove part way, one was helped by his trainers over the line, and one was a postman who travelled from Cuba and ran in street clothes that he cut off to look like shorts. How they ran and who won is a story of twists and turns that only wouldn't be believed if it weren't true! And it is! Find out who won in this wacky and well-researched picture book all about the historic Olympic Marathon of 1904.

Author: Meghan McCarthy
Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Published: 03/01/2016
Pages: 48
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 10.20h x 9.30w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9781481406390
Audience: Ages 4-8

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.6
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 181797 / Wildest Race Ever: The Story of the 1904 Olympic Marathon


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 12/07/2015
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2016
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 02/01/2016 - Book Of Special Distinction
School Library Journal 02/01/2016 pg. 114
Booklist 02/15/2016 pg. 70
Horn Book Magazine 03/01/2016 pg. 110

About the Author
Meghan McCarthy is the award-winning author and illustrator of many books for children, including Earmuffs for Everyone!: How Chester Greenwood Became Known as the Inventor of Earmuffs; Daredevil: The Daring Life of Betty Skelton; Pop!: The Invention of Bubble Gum; City Hawk: The Story of Pale Male; Seabiscuit the Wonder Horse; All That Trash; and Action! A graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, she lives in Brooklyn, New York. Visit her at Meghan-McCarthy.com.

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