Overview
Rachel Swaby and Kit Fox present Mighty Moe, the untold true story of runner Maureen Wilton, whose world record-breaking marathon time at age 13 was met first with misogyny and controversy, but ultimately with triumph.
In 1967, a 13-year-old girl named Maureen Wilton set the women's world marathon record, running 26.2 miles in 3:15:23. Nicknamed “Little Mo” by her track teammates, Wilton was already a headline-making athlete. But her accomplishment was greeted with controversy and misogynistic accusations of cheating. Wilton receded into the background, left the sport, and kept her achievement secret.
This is the story of what happened, and how Maureen found her way back to the sport decades later as the mother of a young runner herself.
Introduction by Katherine Switzer, first official female participant of the Boston Marathon in 1967.
This book title, Mighty Moe (The True Story of a Thirteen-Year-Old Women's Running Revolutionary), ISBN: 9780374311605, by Rachel Swaby, Kit Fox, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) (October 15, 2019) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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