The Great American Foot Race

Author : Andrew Speno
Publisher : Boyds Mills Press
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-04
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781629797977

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The Great American Foot Race by Andrew Speno Pdf

This accessible and thoroughly researched nonfiction debut introduces young readers to a fascinating, little-known event—the Transcontinental Foot Race, which came to be known as the Bunion Derby. It is set in 1928, the height of the Roaring Twenties—a time of optimism, a time of excess, and the Age of Ballyhoo. Publicity-seeking Americans tried to outdo each other with outrageous stunts. Dance marathoners danced for days on end, pole-sitters sat atop flagpoles for weeks, trained athletes worked to beat records, and Charles Lindbergh made the first solo transatlantic flight. What could top this? Cyrus Avery, an ordinary Oklahoma businessman, teamed up with C. C. Pyle, the "P. T. Barnum of Professional Sports," to hold a transcontinental foot race. More than 100 men of all races and nationalities started the race in California and faced all manner of obstacles—from extreme weather to poor food and living conditions, to prejudice to injury—to make the cross-country journey across the United States, ending in New York City. This "Bunion Derby" pushed human endurance to the limits in an unforgettable show of "ballyhoo." This book is written in a folksy style that perfectly captures the mood and tone of the late 1920s and includes archival photographs, a map of the derby route, stats, a bibliography, and source notes.

Author : Andrew Speno
Publisher : Astra Publishing House
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-04
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781629796024

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The Great American Foot Race by Andrew Speno Pdf

This accessible and thoroughly researched nonfiction debut introduces young readers to a fascinating, little-known event—the Transcontinental Foot Race, which came to be known as the Bunion Derby. It is set in 1928, the height of the Roaring Twenties—a time of optimism, a time of excess, and the Age of Ballyhoo. Publicity-seeking Americans tried to outdo each other with outrageous stunts. Dance marathoners danced for days on end, pole-sitters sat atop flagpoles for weeks, trained athletes worked to beat records, and Charles Lindbergh made the first solo transatlantic flight. What could top this? Cyrus Avery, an ordinary Oklahoma businessman, teamed up with C. C. Pyle, the "P. T. Barnum of Professional Sports," to hold a transcontinental foot race. More than 100 men of all races and nationalities started the race in California and faced all manner of obstacles—from extreme weather to poor food and living conditions, to prejudice to injury—to make the cross-country journey across the United States, ending in New York City. This "Bunion Derby" pushed human endurance to the limits in an unforgettable show of "ballyhoo." This book is written in a folksy style that perfectly captures the mood and tone of the late 1920s and includes archival photographs, a map of the derby route, stats, a bibliography, and source notes.

Author : Geoff Williams
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2007-07-10
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : UOM:39015064993101

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C.C. Pyle's Amazing Foot Race by Geoff Williams Pdf

An 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, 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 spectators flocked to the starting line. The race was grueling, but an astonishing 55 participants made it to the Madison Square Garden finish line 84 days later. In re-creating this classic American drama, the author accessed never-before-published material and the support of several descendants of the participants.--From publisher description.

Author : Geoff Williams
Publisher : Tantor eBooks
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-26
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781618030894

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C.C. Pyle's Amazing Foot Race by Geoff Williams Pdf

Author : American Indian Athletic Hall Of Fame
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 9781426923791

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The American Indian Athletic Hall of Fame - 1972-2009 by American Indian Athletic Hall Of Fame Pdf

Author : Charles B. Kastner
Publisher : UNM Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2007-10-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780826343017

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Bunion Derby by Charles B. Kastner Pdf

The story of Charley Pyle's 3,400-mile cross country race and extravaganza and the men who endured 84 days of mountains, deserts, mud, and sandstorms to compete for a $25,000 grand prize.

Author : Charles B. Kastner
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2014-03-31
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780815610366

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The 1929 Bunion Derby by Charles B. Kastner Pdf

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, with each man pushing the other to go faster as the lead switched back and forth between them. To pay the prize money, race director Charley Pyle cobbled together a traveling vaudeville company, complete with dancing debutantes, an all-girl band wearing pilot outfits, and blackface comedians, all housed under the massive show tent that Pyle hoped would pack in audiences. Kastner’s engrossing account, often told from the perspective of the participants, evokes the remarkable physical challenge the runners experienced and clearly bolsters the argument that the last Bunion Derby was the greatest long-distance footrace of all time.

Author : Molly Levite Griffis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 87 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Cherokee Indians
ISBN : 0963849484

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The Great American Bunion Derby by Molly Levite Griffis Pdf

A biography of Andrew Hartley Payne which focuses on his participation in the 1928 International Trans-Continental Foot Race, in which he won the title of "The Best Long Distance Runner in the World."

Author : Ron Clements,RoadTrip America
Publisher : IMBRIFEX BOOKS
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2021-08-03
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781945501746

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RoadTrip America A Sports Fan's Guide to Route 66 by Ron Clements,RoadTrip America Pdf

Get Your Balls, Bats, and Sticks on Route 66! Immortalized in countless books, songs, and movies, Route 66 is a timeless icon of American culture. Until now, however, no guide to this historic byway has focused on another beloved part of American culture: sports. That all changes with RoadTrip America A Sports Fan's Guide to Route 66. In this groundbreaking new book, sports writer and lifelong sports fan Ron Clements goes beyond nostalgic buildings and classic cars to highlight historic sports venues, storied sports professionals, and current sports events along the Mother Road. Rolling west from Chicago to Santa Monica, the author shares inside information about the NFL, NBA, NHL, and MLB teams who are based in the cites and towns that around on Route 66. In addition, enjoy anecdotes gathered from auto and horse racing tracks, rodeo areanas, golf links, and the magnificent lineup of high school and collegiate sports programs to check out along the way. The book has more than 300 photos and maps showing the various attractions in each of the eights states covered: Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California. And because no book about the Mother Road would be complete without it, there's plenty of info about the iconic roadside attractions that have entertained and enthralled travelers for the past century. -- Ron Clements

Author : Alice Crosetto,Rajinder Garcha
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-12
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780810891906

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Native North Americans in Literature for Youth by Alice Crosetto,Rajinder Garcha Pdf

This reference volume lists hundreds of resources—books, Internet sites, and media titles—that will assist K-12 students and educators to learn about North American Natives. These appropriate and quality resources are subdivided into chapters covering geographic regions, history, religions, social life, customs and traditions, Nations, oral tradition, biographies, and fiction.

Author : Charles B. Kastner
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2020-01-03
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780815654421

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Race across America by Charles B. Kastner Pdf

2020 Peace Corps Writers Paul Cowan Award for the Best Book of Non-Fiction On April 23, 1929, the second annual Transcontinental Foot Race across America, known as the Bunion Derby, was in its twenty-fifth day. Eddie "the Sheik" Gardner, an African American runner from Seattle, was leading the race across the Free Bridge over the Mississippi River. Along with the signature outfit that earned him his nickname—a white towel tied around his head, white shorts, and a white shirt—Gardner wore an American flag, a reminder to all who saw him run through the Jim Crow South that he was an American and the leader of the greatest footrace in the world. Kastner traces Gardner’s remarkable journey from his birth in 1897 in Birmingham, Alabama, to his success in Seattle, Washington, as one of the top long-distance runners in the region, and finally to his participation in two transcontinental footraces where he risked his life, facing a barrage of harassment for having the audacity to compete with white runners. Kastner shows how Gardner’s participation became a way to protest the endemic racism he faced, heralding the future of nonviolent efforts that would be instrumental to the civil rights movement. Shining a bright light on his extraordinary athletic accomplishments and his heroism on the dusty roads of America in the 1920s, Kastner gives Gardner and other black bunioneers the attention they so richly deserve.

Author : Barry Lewis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0811725820

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Running the Trans America Footrace by Barry Lewis Pdf

Through deserts, over mountains, and across plains, 13 incredible athletes ran across America in the summer of 1992. Inspiring stories from a runner's perspective.

Author : Iain Spragg
Publisher : Portico
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-04
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781911042426

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Running's Strangest Tales by Iain Spragg Pdf

Running’s Strangest Tales is a fascinating collection of weird and wonderful stories from the world of running, from the earliest marathon to today’s high-tech, apped-up approach. Within these pages you’ll find the bizarre story of the Norwegian footballer forced to miss a crucial World Cup qualifier after colliding with a moose on his morning jog, the American ultra-marathoner who had all his toenails removed to improve his running, and why some runners at the 2015 Tokyo marathon were wearing GPS-enabled, edible bananas, complete with LEDs and incoming Twitter updates. Packed with tales that are so odd you’ll hardly believe them, this book makes the perfect gift for all running enthusiasts, from the seasoned marathoner to the park jogger, and those who only ever run a bath. Word count: 45,000

Author : Geoff Williams
Publisher : Tantor Media Incorporated
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2013-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0988349469

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C. C. Pyle's Amazing Foot Race by Geoff Williams Pdf

A riveting account of an incredible 3,423-mile foot race across America, the Great Foot Race of 1928, and of C. C. Pyle, the legendary sports promoter who masterminded the event.

Author : Christopher McDougall
Publisher : Profile Books
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2010-12-09
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781847652287

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Born to Run by Christopher McDougall Pdf

A New York Times bestseller 'A sensation ... a rollicking tale well told' - The Times At the heart of Born to Run lies a mysterious tribe of Mexican Indians, the Tarahumara, who live quietly in canyons and are reputed to be the best distance runners in the world; in 1993, one of them, aged 57, came first in a prestigious 100-mile race wearing a toga and sandals. A small group of the world's top ultra-runners (and the awe-inspiring author) make the treacherous journey into the canyons to try to learn the tribe's secrets and then take them on over a course 50 miles long. With incredible energy and smart observation, McDougall tells this story while asking what the secrets are to being an incredible runner. Travelling to labs at Harvard, Nike, and elsewhere, he comes across an incredible cast of characters, including the woman who recently broke the world record for 100 miles and for her encore ran a 2:50 marathon in a bikini, pausing to down a beer at the 20 mile mark.