The Last Protest: Lee Evans in Mexico City

by Frank Murphy

South Alabama head cross country/track and field coach Lee Evans partnered with renowned track biographer Frank Murphy to tell the story of the former 400-meter record-holder's journey to become a champion at the 1968 Olympic Games.

Genres: Sports, Biography

360 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2006

Reviews

[Marc]

Now this is one of the best sports books I have ever read, definately theb best written one. The way Murphy describes the large number of races is like actually being there. Lee Evans was definately a great competitor and soially aware athlete. I just wished the author woould have given a little bit more insight on the Olympic games itself, which athletes took parts in the protest meetings and so on.

[Lesley]

so well done! This is a book I'm savoring because the allusions and metaphors make me think, and it's mind-blowing to think it was only forty years ago.