Walking tall : the autobiography of a world champion and Olympic medallist / Rob Heffernan, with Gerard Cromwell.
Material type: TextPublisher: Cork, Ireland : The Collins Press, 2016Description: xi, 273 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781848892880
- 9781848892880 (pbk.)
- 796.42092 HEF 23
- GV1072.H45 A3 2016
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Standard Loan | Moylish Library Main Collection | 796.42092 HEF (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39002100633594 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A tell-all biography from world champion and Olympic medalist walker, Rob Heffernan, who went from public housing to the podium, with numerous battles along the way. With color plates.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Prologue (p. vii)
- 1 Tougher in Togher (p. 1)
- 2 Scholarship Material (p. 14)
- 3 Who Are Ya? (p. 22)
- 4 The Mystery Voice (p. 34)
- 5 Sydney in Sight (p. 45)
- 6 Korzeniowski and the Kid (p. 56)
- 7 Burning the Candle at Both Ends (p. 69)
- 8 Meghan (p. 77)
- 9 Athens - A Greek Tragedy (p. 84)
- 10 Pensioners in the Pool (p. 94)
- 11 The Chicken Walker (p. 103)
- 12 Big Trouble in Little China (p. 113)
- 13 Beijing Bound (p. 125)
- 14 Panic in Tijuana (p. 135)
- 15 Tarred with the Same Brush (p. 146)
- 16 The Biggest Loss (p. 164)
- 17 London Calling (p. 176)
- 18 Top o' the World, Ma (p. 193)
- 19 McLovin (p. 212)
- 20 Testing Times (p. 229)
- 21 Rio Grande (p. 246)
- 22 Future Tense (p. 264)
- Acknowledgements (p. 269)