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Author Kastner, Charles B., 1955-

Title The 1929 Bunion Derby : Johnny Salo and the great footrace across America / Charles B. Kastner
Edition First edition
Published Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 305 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Sports and entertainment
Sports and entertainment
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 DAppendix E -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- bf -- bc
Notes "Editor's choice"--Page opposite title page
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-296) and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Salo, Johnny, 1893-1931.
SUBJECT Salo, Johnny, 1893-1931 fast
Subject Running races -- United States -- History
GAMES -- Gambling -- Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Business Aspects.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Essays.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- History.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Reference.
TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Running & Jogging.
Running races
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780815652816
081565281X
Other Titles Nineteen twenty-nine Bunion Derby