. . "Biography" . . . . . "A champion Cuban-American distance runner chronicles his early life, his rise to athletic stardom, and a near-death experience during which he was clinically dead for fourteen minutes." . . . "14 minutes : a running legend's life and death and life" . . "14 minutes : a running legend's life and death and life"@en . . . "Anecdotes" . "Fourteen minutes" . . . . . . . . "\"In 14 Minutes, Salazar chronicles in spellbinding detail how a shy, skinny Cuban-American kid from the suburbs of Boston transformed himself into the greatest marathon runner of his era. For the first time, he reveals his tempestuous relationship with his father; his early running life in high school with the Greater Boston Track Club; his unhealthy obsession with training through painl the dramatic wins in New York, Boston, and South Africa; and how surviving 14 minutes of death taught his to live again.\" --cover p. 4." . . . . . . "SPORTS & RECREATION / Running & Jogging" . . "SPORTS & RECREATION / Running & Jogging." . "BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs" . . "BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs." .