Forewords / Joan Benoit Samuelson and Bill Rodgers
Foreword / Shalane Flanagan
Why they come back to Boston
Introduction : Death in the eye
1897-1909: The first Marathon runners
1910-1919: The great war decade
1920-1929: The running twenties
1930-1939: The depression years
1940-1949: More war years
1950-1959: No more plodders
1960-1969: Times they are a-changin'
1970-1979: The boom years
1980-1989: The last amateurs, The new professionals
1990-1995: New world Order?
1996-1999: Boston Marathon history
2010-2016: Terrorism comes back to Boston
The Boston Marathon and commitment to film
Appendix of men's and women's winners
Why they will always come back to Boston
Appendix A: Boston Marathon winners
Appendix B: Runners' affiliations.
