This proved a pleasant surprise to find on Queen's Birthday Monday. Jack Lovelock strikes again! Racing Past >> Book Reviews >> Conquerors of Time Book Review Conquerors of Time by Lynn McConnell. Sports Books, Cheltenham, UK, 2009. 239pp. It took me a while to get hold of this book, but I’m glad that I persevered. It’s now in my must-have collection. This highly researched book focuses on the 1,500 and covers the 1932 and 1936 Olympics and the years in between. Primarily the book is about Jack Lovelock, Luigi Beccali, Glenn Cunningham, and Bill Bonthron, the first three having run in both Olympics. There is also information about other great 1,500 runners of this 1932-1936 period: Sydney Wooderson, Gene Venzke, Phil Edwards, and Jerry Cornes. Wooderson and Venzke had one disappointing Olympics in 1936; Cornes and Edwards, however, medaled in one Olympics and placed in the top six in the other.
Latest review of 'Conquerors of Time'
Latest review of 'Conquerors of Time'
Latest review of 'Conquerors of Time'
This proved a pleasant surprise to find on Queen's Birthday Monday. Jack Lovelock strikes again! Racing Past >> Book Reviews >> Conquerors of Time Book Review Conquerors of Time by Lynn McConnell. Sports Books, Cheltenham, UK, 2009. 239pp. It took me a while to get hold of this book, but I’m glad that I persevered. It’s now in my must-have collection. This highly researched book focuses on the 1,500 and covers the 1932 and 1936 Olympics and the years in between. Primarily the book is about Jack Lovelock, Luigi Beccali, Glenn Cunningham, and Bill Bonthron, the first three having run in both Olympics. There is also information about other great 1,500 runners of this 1932-1936 period: Sydney Wooderson, Gene Venzke, Phil Edwards, and Jerry Cornes. Wooderson and Venzke had one disappointing Olympics in 1936; Cornes and Edwards, however, medaled in one Olympics and placed in the top six in the other.