- Taschenbuch: 259 Seiten
- Verlag: Clerisy; Auflage: illustrated edition (25. November 2008)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 157860334X
- ISBN-13: 978-1578603343
- Vom Hersteller empfohlenes Alter: Ab 12 Jahren
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 21,1 x 13,7 x 2 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 5.0 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (1 Kundenrezension)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 609.894 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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On February 15, 1961, all 18 members of the U.S. World Figure Skating Team were killed in a plane crash, along with 16 coaches, officials, and family members. "Frozen in Time" takes readers inside the lives of the young skaters who died in the crash, revealing their friendships, romances, rivalries, sacrifices, and triumphs. The dramatic focus lingers on two families of powerful women: the Owens and the Westerfelds. Maribel Owen, the most famous woman in figure skating at the time, relentlessly drives her two young daughters--pairs champion Mara and the spectacular Laurence, who graced the cover of "Sports Illustrated" on the day she died. Myra Westerfeld, meanwhile, loses her marriage while guiding her daughters Sherri and Steffi to the pinnacle of the sport. Along with the bittersweet personal stories, author Nikki Nichols recounts the U.S. skating program's lengthy struggle to rebuild after this devastating accident.
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Recemmed everyone to read even if you aren't a fan of the sport because this was very tragic on all aspects of this.
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Triumph over Tragedy
16. Januar 2006
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You don't need to be a figure skating fan to become engrossed in reading this compelling human interest story. The author effectively breathes life into the tragic loss of the U.S. team making them real and memorable to generations that might only know them by name or historical event. This book is a tribute to the young athletes, at the peak of their performance and poised for greatness, and their family members and coaches, who become "unfrozen" long enough for us to come to know them. Skating terms and judging criteria are clearly explained and many well chosen photographs support the text. I highly recommend this book as an example of triumph over tragedy.
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Not just for skaters.....
11. Januar 2006
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I bought this book as a gift for a friend who is a huge skating fan--always looking forward to her annual pilgrimage to the US Nationals. I knew she would enjoy reading about such a critical event in US skating history. But, I certainly didn't anticipate that I, a non-skater who enjoys watching the sport but has never shelled out dollars to do so, would find this book so fascinating. The author choose to focus on two particular skaters and their families, and by so doing, makes this true story read like a novel, not the possibly dry news report I expected. I felt particularly drawn into the lives of those two families, which set the context for the other characterizations. I also found the book surprisingly suspenseful, considering that, like the Titanic, I was well aware of how the story ends. The book benefits from the author's experience as a skater, providing good technical information but even better insight into the emotions of the sport. The photos are wonderful--my complaint is that there weren't enough.
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Long Overdue Look At Some Promising Athletes
20. April 2006
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Nikki Nichols did a fantastic job in researching the stories of each the 18 figure skaters - and their family members - that were on the ill-fated 1961 flight that crashed in Belgium on its way to the World Championships in Prague. Little has been written over the years on the lives of these talented athletes and it is wonderful to see their stories fleshed out far beyond just being a morbid statistic. Special attention - and deservedly so - is giving to the Owens family: Maribel Sr. (the many times National champion in singles and pairs whose students had included Tenley Albright and Frank Carroll), Maribel Jr. (the reserved, newly crowned pair champion with her boyfriend Dudley Richards), and Laurence Owen (the 16 year old, vivacious singles skater who was poised to succeed Albright and the lovely Carol Heiss as queen of the ice).
The loss of this young skating team and many of its top coaches obliterated US skating internationally for years and Nichols effectively captures the void this accident left on the sport. It would be three years before an American would medal at a major event - young Scott Allen's bronze at the '64 Olympics - and a World champion would not emerge again until 1966 when Peggy Fleming won the ladies title. My only complaint with the book is that Nichols includes fictional conversations attributed to the victims based on their known personality traits and the actions that transpired leading up to - as well as their time on - the airplane. For me, it crosses the line from biography - and Frozen In Time is a good biography - into romance novel cliche when she occasionally takes this dramatic license.
The loss of this young skating team and many of its top coaches obliterated US skating internationally for years and Nichols effectively captures the void this accident left on the sport. It would be three years before an American would medal at a major event - young Scott Allen's bronze at the '64 Olympics - and a World champion would not emerge again until 1966 when Peggy Fleming won the ladies title. My only complaint with the book is that Nichols includes fictional conversations attributed to the victims based on their known personality traits and the actions that transpired leading up to - as well as their time on - the airplane. For me, it crosses the line from biography - and Frozen In Time is a good biography - into romance novel cliche when she occasionally takes this dramatic license.
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