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Showdown at Shepherd's Bush: The 1908 Olympic Marathon and the Three Runners Who Launched a Sporting Craze
Showdown at Shepherd's Bush The 1908 Olympic Marathon and the Three Runners Who Launched a Sporting Craze
Author: David Davis
The epic clash of an Irish-American, Italian, and Onondaga-Canadian that jump-started the first marathon mania and heralded the modern age in sports  The eyes of the world watched as three runners?dirt poor Johnny Hayes, who used to run barefoot through the streets of New York City; candymaker Dorando Pietri; and the famed Tom Longboat?converged...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780312641009
ISBN-10: 0312641001
Publication Date: 6/19/2012
Pages: 304
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Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Book Type: Hardcover
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