Duel in the Sun The Story of Alberto Salazar, Dick Beardsley, And America's Greatest Marathon

The 1982 Boston Marathon was great theater: Two American runners, Alberto Salazar, a celebrated champion, and Dick Beardsley, a gutsy underdog, going at each other for just under 2 hours and 9 minutes. Neither man broke. The race merely came to a thrilling, shattering end, exacting such an enormous toll that neither man ever ran as well again. Beardsley, the most innocent of men, descended into felony drug addiction, and Salazar, the toughest of men, fell prey to depression. Exquisitely written and rich with human drama,Duel in the Sunbrilliantly captures the mythic character of the most thrilling American marathon ever runand the powerful forces of fate that drove these two athletes in the years afterward.Brant, John is the author of 'Duel in the Sun The Story of Alberto Salazar, Dick Beardsley, And America's Greatest Marathon', published 2007 under ISBN 9781594866289 and ISBN 1594866287.