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The 1929 Bunion Derby: Johnny Salo and the Great Footrace Across America (Sports and Entertainment)
Charles B Kastner
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Hardcover. On March 31, 1929, seventy-seven men left New York City on an epic 3,554-mile footrace to Los Angeles nicknamed the Bunion Derby. For seventy-eight consecutive days, the men pushed their bodies and spirits to the breaking point as they chased a $25,000 first prize in what is arguably the greatest long distance footrace in history. Series: Sports and Entertainment. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; WSBX; WSKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 584.
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. The men averaged forty-six gut-busting miles a day during seventy-eight days of nonstop racing that took them from New York City to Los Angeles. Among this group, two brilliant runners, Johnny Salo of Passaic, New Jersey, and Pete Gavuzzi of England, emerged to battle for the $25,000 first prize along the mostly unpaved roads of 1929 America, ... Read more
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. The men averaged forty-six gut-busting miles a day during seventy-eight days of nonstop racing that took them from New York City to Los Angeles. Among this group, two brilliant runners, Johnny Salo of Passaic, New Jersey, and Pete Gavuzzi of England, emerged to battle for the $25,000 first prize along the mostly unpaved roads of 1929 America, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
Series
Sports and Entertainment
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780815610366
SKU
V9780815610366
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About Charles B Kastner
Charles B. Kastner is a long-distance runner and the author of Bunion Derby: The 1928 Footrace across America.
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