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Above and Beyond

Tim Mack, the Pole Vault, and the Quest for Olympic Gold

2008 INDIES Winner
Silver, Sports (Adult Nonfiction)

Bill Livingston
The Kent State University Press (September 2008)
Hardcover $26.95 (161pp)
978-0-87338-974-7

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Overcoming the odds to win gold

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