1929 Bunion Derby - Johnny Salo and the Great Footrace Across America

Informationen zum Autor Charles B. Kastner is a long-distance runner and the author of Bunion Derby: The 1928 Footrace across America. Klappentext On March 31, 1929, seventy-seven men began an epic 3,554-mile footrace across America that pushed their bodies to the breaking point. Nicknamed the "Bunion Derby” by the press, this was the second and last of two trans-America footraces held in the late 1920s. Thiss engrossing account evokes the remarkable physical challenge the runners experienced and bolsters the argument that the last Bunion Derby was the greatest long-distance footrace of all time. Zusammenfassung "Editor's choice"--Page opposite title page.

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Charles B. Kastner is a long-distance runner and the author of Bunion Derby: The 1928 Footrace across America.

Product details

• Authors: Charles Kastner, Charles B Kastner, Charles B. Kastner
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.03.2014
• EAN: 9780815610366
• ISBN: 978-0-8156-1036-6
• No. of pages: 328
• Series: Sports and Entertainment; Sports and Entertainment
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > Motorsport, motorcycle sport, bicycle sport, aviation sport; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories