Rome 1960 (book)
Pulitzer Prize winner author David Maraniss has had his 478 page book published in 2008: 'Rome 1960: The Olympics that Changed the World' through publisher Simon & Schuster of New York, London, Toronto, and Sydney in July, 2008.
Errata to the text of the first edition, hardcover
- Page 201 correction: Actor Louis (Bob) Faust[1][2] separated from his wife Amelia with comprehensive care for his children; he found suitable homes for each of his six living children before separating; one child had died at birth, the fourth. His wife was not pregnant at the time; he returned after eight years and joined his wife Amelia to conceive their eighth child JoAnn Faust who died at age 33.[3]
- Pages 189, 190, and 203 correction: The sequence and heights need correction. There was a morning preliminaries for the high jump event. Jumpers who cleared the morning's preliminary qualifying height were admitted to the afternnoon Finals. Joe Faust[4] did clear the qualifying height of 6' 63⁄4" in the morning session on his first try;[5] in doing so, he moved to the afternoon Finals where he cleared the opening bar of 6' 43⁄4". The spasms from the nerve injury were extreme; at the next bar, he took the three permitted tries to complete the competition in the finals. He did not just step away; he completed all possible jumps.[3]
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