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The Front Runner is a 1974 novel by Patricia Nell Warren. A love story between a running coach and his star athlete, The Front Runner is noted for being the first contemporary gay novel to achieve mainstream commercial and critical success.
May 30, 1996 · by Patricia Nell Warren (Author) 4.6 205 ratings. See all formats and editions. Harlan Brown is a tough, conservative track coach hiding from his past at a small college. Billy Sive is a brilliant young runner who is homosexual and doesn't mind who knows it.
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Jan 1, 2001 · The Front Runner. Patricia Nell Warren. 4.12. 5,921 ratings454 reviews. First published in 1974, The Front Runner raced to international acclaim - the first novel about gay love to become popular with mainstream.
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Sep 13, 2012 · The Front Runner: A Novel Kindle Edition. by Warren Patricia Nell (Author) Format: Kindle Edition. 4.6 304 ratings. See all formats and editions. The New York Times bestseller about love and loss that stayed in print since 1974. Closeted gay track coach Harlan Brown has a shot at launching a talented distance runner to the Olympics.
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Patricia Nell Warren (June 15, 1936 – February 9, 2019), also known by her pen name Patricia Kilina, was an American novelist, poet, editor and journalist. Her second novel, The Front Runner (1974), was the first work of contemporary gay fiction to make the New York Times Best Seller list.
Mar 19, 2021 · The front runner. by. Warren, Patricia Nell. Publication date. 1974. Topics. Track and field coaches -- Fiction, Runners (Sports) -- Fiction, Gay men -- Fiction, Gay men, Runners (Sports), Track and field coaches. Publisher. Beverly Hills : Wildcat Press.
Jan 1, 1975 · Reader's Digest, a landmark lawsuit that resulted in a class-action victory for women. As a former amateur athlete, Warren helped lead a group of women distance runners who forced the AAU (Amateur Athletic Union, the then governing body of amateur sports in the U.S.) to change discriminatory rules in the mid-70s.
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