The 1929 Bunion Derby : Johnny Salo and the Great Footrace Across America / Charles B. Kastner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kastner, Charles B., 1955-

Series:

Sports and Entertainment Series

Sports and entertainment

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Salo, Johnny, 1893-1931.

Running races--United States--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (328 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, [New York] : Syracuse University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

""c""; ""ff""; ""Kastner final pages""; ""Contents""; ""Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Race Day""; ""Down the Eastern Seaboard""; ""Six Days of Hell�Crossing the Appalachian Plateau""; ""Fast Times in the Old Northwest""; ""On Familiar Ground""; ""Heading to the Promised Land""; ""Under Western Skies""; ""West of the Pecos""; ""Across a Rough and Unforgiving Land""; ""“Overcoming the Killing Distances�� The Last Five Days to Los Angeles""; ""The End of the Rainbow""; ""Searching for the Pot of Gold""; ""Appendix A""; ""Appendix B""; ""Appendix C""

""Appendix D""""Appendix E""; ""Notes""; ""Glossary""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""bf""; ""bc""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-8156-5281-X

OCLC:

880148028