The Long Program Skating Towards Life's Victories

B&W Illustrations; SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed, with an inscription, on the title page. The book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is a small bump to the bottom spine end of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is in mostly clean condition, but has a small semi-closed tear to the top front panel, along with some light rubbing and wear to the top front flap joint. "Fleming's mother selected a color for her Grenoble skating costume, chartreuse, named after the liqueur of that color produced by neighboring Carthusians in their founding monastery, which also gives the name "chartreuse" to the region, thereby perhaps inspiring local French audience support for Peggy's virtually flawless performance. Her award in Grenoble was singularly important for the American athletes and the nation as a whole, for this was the only gold medal that the U. S. Olympic team won in the 1968 Winter Olympics. It signaled a return to American dominance in the sport of women's figure skating following the unprecedented tragedy of the 1961 Sabena plane crash. " (from Wikipedia) ; Signed by Author. …