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C. C. Pyle's Amazing Foot Race (2013)

by Geoff Williams(Favorite Author)

3.82 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0988349469 (ISBN13: 9780988349469)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Tantor Media Inc

review 1: Third time reading this book. I am always amazed and surprised by the runners of CC Pyle's Transcontinental Foot Race. When we think of how easy it is to complain about our lot and station in life, 199 runners in 1928 set out on the eve of the Depression to forge ahead and pave the way for distance running today. What I find most inspiring about this is that it reads as a story about real people FOR real people. A must read.
review 2: Davy and I just finished this fascinating look at an unbelievable test of endurance and will - a 1928 foot race of nearly 3500 miles from California to NYC. I wasn't sure about this as a read-aloud but Davy loved the book and was especially captivated by the various motivations of the men to start and then continue (or not) the r... moreace. We both marveled at the ability of so many to complete the race under extremely difficult circumstances and without the benefit of better surfaces and footwear and knowledge of the importance of hydration and diet, etc. less

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