Syracuse

The flame : an unlikely patriot finds a country to love / Steve Barr ; with John Poppy

Barr, Steve | Poppy, John

Edited by W. Morrow - 1987

This is the story of how the Olympic torch was carried by relay from New York to Los Angeles for the opening of the 1984 games. As told by Barr, one of the advance men, it is in turn affecting, upbeat, and unpretentious. Instead of becoming just another media event, the long tortuous run through all sorts of obstaclesdreadful weather, bad roads, overenthusiastic crowdswas an uplifting experience for those involved. Cynicism, so rampant at the beginning, vanished as the 9000-mile trek went through the small towns of middle America. The book has a healthy naivete as it describes the great sights of the country and the wide variations in the attitudes of its people.

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