{"product_id":"sprinting-through-no-mans-land-endurance-tragedy-and-rebirth-in-the-1919-tour-de-france-9781542018838","title":"Sprinting Through No Man's Land: Endurance, Tragedy, and Rebirth in the 1919 Tour de France","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe inspiring, heart-pumping true story of soldiers turned cyclists and the historic 1919 Tour de France that helped to restore a war-torn country and its people.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn June 29, 1919, one day after the Treaty of Versailles brought about the end of World War I, nearly seventy cyclists embarked on the thirteenth Tour de France. From Paris, the war-weary men rode down the western coast on a race that would trace the country's border, through seaside towns and mountains to the ghostly western front. Traversing a cratered postwar landscape, the cyclists faced near-impossible odds and the psychological scars of war. Most of the athletes had arrived straight from the front, where so many fellow countrymen had suffered or died. The cyclists' perseverance and tolerance for pain would be tested in a grueling, monthlong competition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn inspiring true story of human endurance, \u003ci\u003eSprinting Through No Man's Land\u003c\/i\u003e explores how the cyclists united a country that had been torn apart by unprecedented desolation and tragedy. It shows how devastated countrymen and women can come together to celebrate the adventure of a lifetime and discover renewed fortitude, purpose, and national identity in the streets of their towns.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDobkin, Adin:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eAdin Dobkin is a writer and journalist whose work has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eParis Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. Born in Santa Barbara, California, Adin received his MFA from Columbia University. For more information about the author and his works, please visit www.adindobkin.com.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little a","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50495042388242,"sku":"9781542018838","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5a58623a-2597-4b9c-ab49-84570d331dda.jpg?v=1730670601","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/sprinting-through-no-mans-land-endurance-tragedy-and-rebirth-in-the-1919-tour-de-france-9781542018838","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}