Rome 1960, David Maraniss
Rome 1960, David Maraniss
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Rome 1960
The Olympics that Changed the World

Author: David Maraniss

Narrator: David Maraniss

Abridged: 5 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/01/2008

Synopsis

From the New York Times bestselling author of Clemente and When Pride Still Mattered, the blockbuster story of the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, seventeen days that helped define the modern world.


Legendary athletes and stirring events are interwoven into a suspenseful narrative of sports and politics at the Rome games, where cold-war propaganda and spies, drugs and sex, money and television, civil rights and the rise of women superstars all converged to forever change the essence of the Olympics.

Using the meticulous research and sweeping narrative style that have become his trademark, maraniss reveals the rich palette of character, competition, and meaning that gave rome 1960 its singular essence.

About David Maraniss

David Maraniss is an associate editor at The Washington Post and a distinguished visiting professor at Vanderbilt University. He has won two Pulitzer Prizes for journalism and was a finalist three other times. Among his bestselling books are biographies of Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Roberto Clemente, and Vince Lombardi, and a trilogy about the 1960s—Rome 1960; Once in a Great City (winner of the RFK Book Prize); and They Marched into Sunlight (winner of the J. Anthony Lukas Prize and Pulitzer Finalist in History).

Reviews

Goodreads review by Alden on July 21, 2008

When David Maraniss finished his much-praised biography of baseball superstar Roberto Clemente (Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero), he was "determined not to write another sports book anytime soon." He had previously written a highly regarded biography of perhaps the greatest f......more

Goodreads review by Diane on August 01, 2008

As something of a serious Olympics follower, I really enjoyed this book. The author makes a good case in that the '60 Olympics were something of a watershed in civil rights (at least in bringing the inequalities of the races to light more clearly), the cold war, the beginning of steroid use and dopi......more

Goodreads review by Jim on September 25, 2008

Entertaining and informative I think that this Olympics took place at a time when things were changing in the world but I don't think the author makes a good case that the 1960 Olympics changed the world still very informative and detailed description of all the people involved in the Rome Olympics in......more

Goodreads review by Dakota on October 11, 2022

David Maraniss thoroughly and engagingly covers the entirety of the Rome 1960 Olympics, from the athletes involved (focus on Americans, of course) to the political wrangling at play (Cold War fun!). Never a dull moment when it comes to high-level athletics, and it helps that some of the characters i......more

Quotes

"Evocative, entertaining and often suspenseful - sports history at a very high standard." - Kirkus (starred review)

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