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Olympic Dream

By: Henry Rono

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In a span of 81 days in 1978, Henry Rono broke four world records, committing the most ferocious assault on the track-and-field record books by a middle-distance runner in the history of the sport. This is what Henry Rono is known for. However, it is not who Henry Rono is. Henry Rono was born a poor Nandi in Kenya's Rift Valley. After an accident when he was two, doctors believed he would never again walk. This would be the first of countless obstacles Rono would have to overcome in order to pursue his two life goals: to first become the greatest runner in the world and then to become the best teacher he could be. Rono's first goal was accomplished in 1978, when he was considered not only the greatest track-and-field athlete in the world, but also by many to be the world's greatest athlete period. His second and greater goal, to become a teacher, was more difficult in coming. Once Rono became a star, coaches, agents, meet directors, and corrupt Kenyan athletic officials (whose boycotts of the 1976 and 1980 Olympics turned Rono's dreams of Olympic gold into Olympic smoke rings), wanted him to serve as their personal moneymaker, and so they did everything they could to discourage Rono's pursuit of an education and dream of teaching. The corruption and discouragement Rono encountered, as well as his alienation and exile from his homeland and family, pushed him to 20 years of alcoholism and even occasional homelessness. This is the life story of Henry Rono, whose descent from triumph to abyss, and whose subsequent ascent from abyss to triumph, are perhaps steeper than those of any track-and field athlete in history.

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Olympic Dream

By: Henry Rono

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The Earth and its Inhabitants. Asia

Vol. III

By: Ernest George Ravenstein,Elisée Reclus,Augustus Henry Keane

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The Earth and its Inhabitants. Asia

Vol. III

By: Ernest George Ravenstein,Elisée Reclus,Augustus Henry Keane

Reprint of the original, first published in 1884.

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3385466512

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The Earth and its Inhabitants. The Universal Geography. India and Indo-china

Vol. VIII

By: Elisée Reclus,Ernest George Ravenstein,Augustus Henry Keane

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The Earth and its Inhabitants. The Universal Geography. India and Indo-china

Vol. VIII

By: Elisée Reclus,Ernest George Ravenstein,Augustus Henry Keane

Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.

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Notable Voyagers

By: W.H.G. Frith, Henry Kingston

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Notable Voyagers

By: W.H.G. Frith, Henry Kingston

Reproduction of the original: Notable Voyagers by W.H.G. Kingston, Henry Frith

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Morristown Municipal Airport

By: Henry M. Holden,Darren S. Large

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Morristown Municipal Airport

By: Henry M. Holden,Darren S. Large

On July 8, 1929, a Morristown newspaper announced the opening of Morristown Airport on Bernardsville Road. The article stated the airport would be the home of the Country Aviation Club under the supervision of Clarence Chamberlin, the second man to fly across the Atlantic Ocean and the first to take along a passenger. The Great Depression halted any serious development of the airport until 1936, when there was serious talk of the land becoming an East Coast dirigible base for the Hindenburg. However, the destruction of the Hindenburg at Lakehurst, New Jersey, a year later squashed those plans. After World War II, Morristown Airport began to become a reality. General aviation found Morristown convenient and out of the traffic patterns of Newark Airport. The airport grew and prospered, and by July 1966, Morristown Municipal Airport (MMU) was called the "VIP Stop." Today, as a general aviation reliever airport, MMU accepts private, corporate, air taxi, air ambulance, training, and military aircraft and ranks 11th in general aviation operations.

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History of Latin Christianity

Vol. VI

By: Henry Hart Milman

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History of Latin Christianity

Vol. VI

By: Henry Hart Milman

Reprint of the original, first published in 1861.

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Olympic Dream

Olympic Dream

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The Earth and its Inhabitants. Asia

The Earth and its Inhabitants. Asia

The Earth and its Inhabitants. The Universal Geography. India and Indo-china

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Notable Voyagers

Notable Voyagers

Morristown Municipal Airport

Morristown Municipal Airport

History of Latin Christianity

History of Latin Christianity

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