road to valor

A True Sporting Hero... Authors:  Aili and Andres McConnon Sports hero biographies are almost as commonplace as reality TV shows.  But occasionally one can find a sports story about a hero in the truest sense of the word; someone who does more than just catch a football or swing a bat better than others.  Road to Valor is such a tale, revealing the life story  of Gino Bartali, two time Tour de France champion  and Italian war hero. Twenty men have won two or more of the 99 editions of the Tour, but Bartali holds the distinction of the longest [...]