The ghost runner
Subtitle: the tragedy of the man they couldn't stop : the true story of John Tarrant
By: Bill Jones
Edition: Large print ed.
Publisher: Windsor/Paragon
Published: 2012
Place of publication: [Bath]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 370
ISBN-13: 9781445844145; 9781445844152
Subjects: Large type books; Long-distance runners; Biography
Description: As a teenage boxer in the 1950s, John Tarrant has been paid seventeen pounds expenses. When he wanted to run, he was banned for life as his amateur status had been compromised. Now he was fighting back, gatecrashing races all over Britain. No number on his shirt. No friends in high places. Soon he would be known as 'the ghost runner, ' a record-breaker, and one of the greatest long-distance runners the world has ever seen.--From back cover.
Notes: Standard print ed. originally published: Edinburgh : Mainstream, 2011.