Abel Kiviat, National Champion: Twentieth-Century Track and Field and the Melting PotAbel Kiviat (1892 1991) was one of track and field's legendary personalities, a world record holder and Olympic medalist in the metric mile. A teenage prodigy, he defeated Hall of Fame runners before his twentieth birthday. Alan S. Katchen brings Kiviat's fascinating story to life and re creates a lost world, when track and field was at the height of its popularity and occupying a central place in America's sporting world. The oldest of seven children