Running for their lives
Subtitle: the extraordinary story of Britain's greatest distance runners
By: Mark Whitaker
Publisher: Yellow Jersey Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 358
ISBN-13: 9780224082587
Subjects: Long-distance runners; Biography; Long-distance running; History
Description: You're unlikely to have heard of Britain's greatest long-distance runner. Despite being a world-class athlete, Peter Gavuzzi was consigned to obscurity. His heyday was in 1929, when he took part in the most extraordinary race ever held u a transcontinental run across America. He covered an improbable 3,500 miles in just 78 days.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1.A Chap Called Newton'; title: 2. From Amateur to Professional; title: 3. Sport and Endurance, Fans and Voyeurs; title: 4. Los Angeles to New York, 1928; title: 5. New York to Los Angeles, 1929; title: 6. The Leading Lights of the Paid Brigade'; title: 7. From Exile in Canada to Internment in Paris; title: 8. The Scribe of Cottingham Chase; title: 9. Old Age, Poverty and Recognition.