The Perfect Mile included accounts about the middle-distance runner and politician of what nationality?
The Perfect Mile The Perfect Mile: Three Athletes, One Goal, and Less Than Four Minutes to Achieve It (2004) by Neal Bascomb is a non-fiction book about three runners and their attempts to become the first man to run a mile under four minutes. The runners are Englishman Roger Bannister, American Wes Santee, and Australian John Landy. The book's climax is Bannister's breaking of the record on May 6, 1954.
Thomas Halpin Thomas Halpin (May 17, 1892 – September 9, 1960) was an American middle distance runner who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.