About this title: A riveting account of an incredible 3,423-mile foot race across America, the Great Foot Race of 1928, and C.C. Pyle, the legendary sports promoter who masterminded the event. A year before the Great Depression, endurance fads were all the rage. From dance marathons to flagpole sitting, everyone was looking for a chance to change their luck, and spectators would shell out hard-earned cash to watch. When notorious sports agent and promoter C.C. Pyle offered a $25,000 prize for a foot race from Los Angeles to New York, 199 runners from all over the world took their marks and half a million ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Rodale Press
Date Published: 07/2007
ISBN-13:9781594863196ISBN:1594863199
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Good, In good dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 322 p. Contains: Illustrations. read more
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Rodale Books
Date Published: 2007-07-10
ISBN-13:9781594863196ISBN:1594863199
Description: Very Good. Very good condition. DJ shows slight wear-some dust spots. Clean pages. Delivery confirmation included with US orders. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Rodale Pr
Date Published: 2007-07-10
ISBN-13:9781594863196ISBN:1594863199
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Rodale Books
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781594863196ISBN:1594863199
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Description: Good. 1594863199 HARDCOVER-IN GOOD CONDITION. Tilt to book and marks on dust cover. If you do not mind this still a very good reading copy. read more
Description: Good. 1594863199 HARDCOVER-IN GOOD CONDITION. Dust cover with marks. Approx 30 pages in middle of book with vertical bend to very edge of page. Still a good reading copy. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Rodale Books
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781594863196ISBN:1594863199
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Binding: Hardback
Publisher: St Martins Pr
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781594863196ISBN:1594863199
Description: New. A riveting account of an incredible 3, 423-mile foot race across America, the Great Foot Race of 1928, and C.C. Pyle, the legendary sports promoter who masterminded the event. A year before the Great Depression, endurance fads were all the rage. From... read more
Description: Near Fine. DJ Near Fine. Large Octavo. Signed by Author 322pp. A riveting account of an incredible 3, 423-mile foot race across America, the Great Foot Race of 1928, and C.C. Pyle, the legendary sports promoter who masterminded the event. A year before the Great Depression, endurance fads were all the rage. From dance marathons to flagpole sitting, everyone was looking for a chance to change their luck, and spectators would shell out hard-earned cash to watch. When notorious sports agent and ... read more
"In an era in which everyone wanted to do the next great extreme thing (before today's extreme sports), some 50 men set out to run across the country (in leather dress shoes, mostly, way before Nikes). No PowerBars, no Gatorade, sometimes without food or proper sleep. Adding to the challenge: C.C. Pyle was a crook."
"This book made me very tired at times just reading about the endurance of these athletes, all the injuries they dealt with along the way, and the sheer insanity of this race! Still, it was interesting enough to keep me plodding through it. The beginning and the end were a little slow for me, though. And, there are lots of characters to try and remember."
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