Bob Burns served as sports editor of the Tahoe Daily Tribuneandas a senior writer at the Sacramento Bee. He has also written for theChicago Tribune,Golf Digest, and theSan Francisco Examiner. Burns served as communications director for the 2000 US Olympic Track and Field Trials and spearheaded the designation of Echo Summit as a California State Historical Landmark.
"The Track in the Forest captures an unforgettable period in my
life and the lives of all who experienced the majesty of Echo
Summit. From the tumult of 1968 to the aroma of the magnificent
ponderosa pines, Bob does the story justice." --Ralph Boston, gold
medal-winning Olympic long jumper
"Capturing the tenor, the feel, of any year--never mind the
tortured days of 1968--is usually a fool's mission. But by
attacking the subject in miniature, via probing interviews and
exhaustive research on the US Olympic track team as it barreled
toward Mexico City, Bob Burns pulls it off. That so diverse a group
vividly reflected the nation's tumult comes as no shock. What's
stunning is how their days on that high, remote track, then and
now, allowed so many a measure of peace." --S.L. Price, Sports
Illustrated senior writer and author of Playing Through The
Whistle: Steel, Football, and an American Town
"Burns does a masterful job weaving the narratives of the men
training together, vying for coveted spots on the U.S. team in an
idyllic setting, a stark contrast to the turbulent events shaking
the country." --Booklist
"Who knew that the seeds for the now historic performances of US
track and field athletes in the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games, in
the midst of tumultuous and tragic times in America, were sown in
the unlikely setting of a California mountaintop? Bob Burns knew,
and he now tells the tale with grace and insight in this compelling
book." --Ira Berkow, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and sport
journalist
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