Amazing Pace: The Story of Olympic Champion Michael Phelps from Sydney to Athens to Beijing
Paul McMullen, . . Rodale, $24.95 (242pp) ISBN 978-1-59486-326-4
Americans don't often go crazy about swimmers, but when young Michael Phelps took eight medals—six gold and two bronze—at the 2004 Athens Olympics, people got excited. Before long, Phelps's ads for Speedo and his other sponsors were plastering billboards around the globe. To understand Phelps's phenomenal rise, McMullen, a sportswriter for the
Reviewed on: 06/05/2006
Genre: Nonfiction