In the summer that saw the first successful flight of the Zeppelin,
a 140 acre site of scrubland in West London was transformed into
the White City, which housed the 1908 Franco-British Exhibition -
and a state-of-the-art stadium built to house the first London
Olympics. The Olympics were organised by volunteers in just 18
months and at a fraction of the cost of the modern Olympics and
yet, just as today, the sport was overshadowed by doping scandals
and caused international uproar. The ferocious competitiveness of a
US team dominated by New York Irish Americans led to a succession
of 'scandals' culminating in the historic marathon when Italian
confectioner baker Dorando Pietri's heroic efforts at the limits of
exhaustion so entranced on-lookers that track officials helped him
across the finish line. Coinciding with the 100th Anniversary of
the first London Olympics, this delightful social and sporting
history - illustrated with over 70 contemporary images - provides a
thought-provoking contrast to the forthcoming 2012 Olympic Games.
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