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SILENT GESTURE: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF TOMMIE SMITH By David Steele - Hardcover
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- ISBN-10
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- Publication Name
- Temple University Press
- Type
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781592136391
- Book Title
- Silent Gesture : the Autobiography of Tommie Smith
- Item Length
- 9.3in
- Publisher
- Temple University Press
- Publication Year
- 2007
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.9in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Sports & Recreation
- Topic
- Track & Field, Cultural Heritage, Sociology of Sports, Sports, Olympics & Paralympics
- Item Width
- 6.2in
- Item Weight
- 17.5 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 288 Pages
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The picture of Smith raising his black-gloved right fist at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics is one of the most enduring sports images of the 20th century. Nearly 40 years later, he details what the gesture symbolized for him and reveals what his life has been since.
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Temple University Press
ISBN-10
1592136397
ISBN-13
9781592136391
eBay Product ID (ePID)
57072061
Product Key Features
Book Title
Silent Gesture : the Autobiography of Tommie Smith
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Track & Field, Cultural Heritage, Sociology of Sports, Sports, Olympics & Paralympics
Publication Year
2007
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Sports & Recreation
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.3in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
6.2in
Item Weight
17.5 Oz
Additional Product Features
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Gv697.S65a3 2007
Reviews
"An important entry in the history of track and field and African American studies."Library Journal"The book offers insights into Smith's athletic prowess....When he describes the physical sensations of running -- the paradoxical relaxation of muscles required to explode out of the blocks, the adrenaline that floods the body as a sprinter takes the get-set position and the stride-by-stride account of the 1968 gold medal race -- Smith's narrative surges to life. A major aim of the book is to explain the motivation behind the silent gesture, but Smith isn't interested in trenchant political analysis...Readers of Silent Gesture will be left with a stark impression of the toll Smith paid for speaking out against racism. He views his autobiography as his last, desperate chance to pull himself out of the 'muck and mire he's been stuck in since the Mexico City Olympics.' Smith never expresses regret for having taken his controversial stand." The Washington Post"Smith's account is told in simple but eloquent fashion, tempered by a healthy dose of irony and humor. He never romanticizes his actions, but rightfully acknowledges their powerful social impact." Smooth, "What is the worth of this book? I believe it to be one that accurately portrays Tommie Smith's life and Olympic ordeal....We have waited a long time for this book. The result is worth the delay....Silent Gesture provides, by far, the most powerful punctuation mark in explaining one of the most historic of all Olympic moments." --Olympika: The International Journal of Olympic Studies, "[H]is experiences at the Olympics [are] described so vividly that readers will feel as if they're witnessing it unfold themselves...Smith's candid reflections on life after Mexico City is compelling. Most striking, though, are revelations about the stresses he endured before the 1968 race. For Smith, at 24, to have not only won the gold, but to have issued his anything-but-silent gesture from the world's biggest stage, makes his story all the more extraordinary." -Black Issues Book Review, "An important entry in the history of track and field and African American studies." Library Journal "The book offers insights into Smith's athletic prowess....When he describes the physical sensations of running -- the paradoxical relaxation of muscles required to explode out of the blocks, the adrenaline that floods the body as a sprinter takes the get-set position and the stride-by-stride account of the 1968 gold medal race -- Smith's narrative surges to life. A major aim of the book is to explain the motivation behind the silent gesture, but Smith isn't interested in trenchant political analysis...Readers of Silent Gesture will be left with a stark impression of the toll Smith paid for speaking out against racism. He views his autobiography as his last, desperate chance to pull himself out of the 'muck and mire he's been stuck in since the Mexico City Olympics.' Smith never expresses regret for having taken his controversial stand." The Washington Post "Smith's account is told in simple but eloquent fashion, tempered by a healthy dose of irony and humor. He never romanticizes his actions, but rightfully acknowledges their powerful social impact." Smooth "Read Silent Gesture for the story of an athlete who grabbed a chance to make a difference." The Seattle Medium "The reader is given a good sense of his family's small-town home in Texas...Smith's book doesn't lack for honesty." Bookforum "Smith's candid reflections on life after Mexico City is compelling...Most striking, though, are revelations about the stresses he endured before the 1968 race...For Smith, at 24, to have not only won the gold, but to have issued his anything-but-silent gesture from the world's biggest stage, makes his story all the more extraordinary." Black Issues Book Review "With the help of Steele, Smith offers a well-documented and clearly written story behind the memorable 1968 Olympic moment...Extensive background information about Smith's life before, during and after the 'silent gesture' provides understanding and insight about an Olympic image that will endure forever. Clearly presenting the fears, the disappointments, the triumphs, and the hopes, then and now, that the raised black fists represented in 1968, this book offers a wealth of information that will help the reader understand the deep-rooted meaning of the gesture and the impact it continues to have almost 40 years later. CHOICE August 2007"What is the worth of this book? I believe it to be one that accurately portrays Tommie Smith's life and Olympic ordeal....We have waited a long time for this book. The result is worth the delay....Silent Gesture provides, by far, the most powerful punctuation mark in explaining one of the most historic of all Olympic moments." Olympika: The International Journal of Olympic Studies "Smith's stories of his ostracized life post-1968 Olympics offer historians another opportunity to consider the multiple ways memory shapes the popular narrative.... Smith uses his book as an opportunity to tell his truth...[which is] engaging." The Journal of Sport History, "What is the worth of this book? I believe it to be one that accurately portrays Tommie Smith's life and Olympic ordeal….We have waited a long time for this book. The result is worth the delay….Silent Gesture provides, by far, the most powerful punctuation mark in explaining one of the most historic of all Olympic moments." -Olympika: The International Journal of Olympic Studies, "[H]is experiences at the Olympics [are] described so vividly that readers will feel as if they're witnessing it unfold themselves...Smith's candid reflections on life after Mexico City is compelling. Most striking, though, are revelations about the stresses he endured before the 1968 race. For Smith, at 24, to have not only won the gold, but to have issued his anything-but-silent gesture from the world's biggest stage, makes his story all the more extraordinary." --Black Issues Book Review
Table of Content
Foreword 1: Welcome Home - 1 2: October 16, 1968 - 26 3: Out of the Fields - 55 4: The Biggest City I've Ever Seen - 95 5: Run Before You Walk - 123 6: The Coach and the Professor - 147 7: Linked Forever - 147 8: No Gold, No Glove - 190 9: Paying the Price - 220 10: Going Underground - 247 11: Families Lost, and Found - 268 12: It Will Outlive Me - 296 Epilogue: Silent and Eternal - 324 Acknowledgements About the Authors
Copyright Date
2007
Target Audience
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Lccn
2006-051455
Dewey Decimal
796.42092 B
Series
Sporting Ser.
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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