Sports and Life, An Olyimpian's View

Sports and Life, An Olympian's View is a collection of more than 130 short essays, stories and commentaries, previously broadcast on Vermont Public Radio, over a span of two decades. The first third of the book focuses on Morton’s wide-ranging experiences, from self-deprecating memories of high school football and tennis, the joy and pain of running marathons to the comradeship of paddling remote rivers with old buddies. The second section contains stories dealing with family: hiking The Long Trail with his daughter, biking down a volcano in Hawaii and dealing with family illness and injury. The final segment contains commentaries on issues related to sports: Lance Armstrong, summer Olympics and America’s addiction to firearms.