Gerlach, Larry R.

Alma Richards : Olympian / Larry R. Gerlach. - Salt Lake City : The University of Utah Press, (c)2016. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, (c)2015). - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographies and index.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART I: SAGEBRUSH TO STARDOM; 1. FORMATIVE YEARS; 2. FROM PAROWAN TO PROVO; 3. MAKING THE AMERICAN TEAM; 4. GOING FOR GOLD; PART II: COMING OF AGE; 5. THE HERO RETURNS; 6. THE BIG CORNELLIAN; 7. MILITARY INTERLUDE; PART III: CHASING DREAMS; 8. TO THE TRACK; 9. ON THE HOME FRONT; PART IV: TAKING STOCK; 10. ALMA REMEMBERING; 11. REMEMBERING ALMA; 12. GOD, GOLD, AND GLORY?; 13. CROSSING THE BAR; 14. ALMA RICHARDS REDIVIVUS; APPENDIX A: MARTHA WARD, "TRIBUTE TO ALMA RICHARDS"; APPENDIX B: ALMA RICHARDS TRACK AND FIELD RECORDS*; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.



9781607814924


Richards, Alma, 1890-1963.


Mormons--Utah--Biography.
Track and field athletes--Utah--Biography.
Track and field athletes--United States--Biography.


Electronic Books.

GV1061 / .A463 2016