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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/318360335 Title: Born to run : a hidden tribe, superathletes, and the greatest race the world has never seen Author: Christopher McDougall Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009. ISBN/ISSN: 9780307266309 0307266303 9780307279187 0307279189 OCLC:318360335

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Born to run : a hidden tribe, superathletes, and the greatest race the world has never seen

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Born to run : a hidden tribe, superathletes, and the greatest race the world has never seen

Author:	Christopher McDougall
Publisher:	New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
Edition/Format:	Print book : Biography : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
Summary:	McDougall reveals the secrets of the world's greatest distance runners--the Tarahumara Indians of Copper Canyon, Mexico--and how he trained for the challenge of a lifetime: a fifty-mile race through the heart of Tarahumara country pitting the tribe against an odd band of super-athletic Americans.
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Subjects	True, Micah, -- 1953-2012. McDougall, Christopher, -- 1962- Running races -- Mexico -- Copper Canyon Region. View all subjects
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Genre/Form:	Biographies Biography
Named Person:	Micah True; Christopher McDougall; Christopher McDougall; Micah True; Christopher McDougall
Material Type:	Biography, Internet resource
Document Type:	Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors:	Christopher McDougall Find more information about:
ISBN:	9780307266309 0307266303 9780307279187 0307279189
OCLC Number:	318360335
Awards:	Winner of ALA Notable Books (Nonfiction) 2010
Description:	287 pages ; 25 cm
Responsibility:	Christopher McDougall.
More information:	Sample text Contributor biographical information Publisher description

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McDougall reveals the secrets of the world's greatest distance runners--the Tarahumara Indians of Copper Canyon, Mexico--and how he trained for the challenge of a lifetime: a fifty-mile race through the heart of Tarahumara country pitting the tribe against an odd band of super-athletic Americans.

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