Keeling, Ida, 1915-,

CAN'T NOTHING BRING ME DOWN : CHASING MYSELF IN THE RACE AGAINST TIME / IDA KEELING WITH ANITA DIGGS - 199 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : colour photographs ; 22 cm

Can't Nothing Bring Me Down is the memoir of 101-year-old, world-record-holding runner Ida Keeling. Miss Ida, as she's known throughout her Bronx community, isn't your typical runner. Her fierce independence helped her through the Depression and the Civil Rights movement. But her greatest trials were yet to come. Ida's two sons were brutally murdered. Justice was never found. Ida felt like she didn't have the strength to carry on and she couldn't hope anymore. But encouraged by her daughter, Ida put on her first pair of running shoes at the age of sixty-seven and began to chase the paralyzing sorrow from her heart.

9780310349891 RM115.90


Keeling, Ida, 1915-


Track and field athletes--United States--Biography
Women runners--United States--Biography
Runners (Sports)--United States--Biography

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