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MAN ON THE MEDAL: THE LIFE OF AMERICA'S 1st GREAT SKI RACER [DICK DURRANCE] John Jerome 1995 1st edition
By Durrance, Dick and John Jerome.
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1995. 177 pp, many photos. Dick Durrance was America's first international skiing champion, a member of the 10th Mt Division, and went on to help found ski resorts at Alta, Aspen and Sun Valley. Large-format hardcover with DJ.

Contents: Preface (Warren Miller); Introduction (John Jerome); An Affinity for Snow; Home to America; The Winter Olympics 1936; The Dartmouth Years; Down Under; Sun Valley and the Harriman Cup; 'It Happened In Sun Valley'; Alta and Powder; Bassinets, Boeing and Denver; Aspen, early Days; Garmisch Again; Adventures with Films; Travels with Lowell Thomas; Back to Aspen; Reflections on 80 Years of Good Life; Appendix; Index.

Large format book, we will request extra postage for Priority Mail and International Mail.
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