by Nolan Zavoral · Simon & Schuster · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781416535539
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«A Season on the Mat» is Nolan Zavoral's sports biography of Dan Gable, published by Simon & Schuster in paperback (304 pages, in English).
The work follows Dan Gable during the 1996-97 season, his last as coach of the Iowa Hawkeyes, and reviews his life, from childhood in Waterloo to the 1972 Olympic gold, including the defeat that marked him. It also portrays the effort of his wrestlers in the gym and the obsessive pursuit of perfection in a sport of sacrifice.
The paperback edition includes a new epilogue; the subtitle is «Dan Gable and the Pursuit of Perfection».
It will appeal to fans of wrestling, American college sports, and biographies of great coaches.
