A Man in a Hurry: The Extraordinary Life and Times of Edward Payson Weston, the World's Greatest Walker - Rilegato

Harris, Nick; Harris, Helen; Marshall, Paul

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ISBN 10: 0956431372 ISBN 13: 9780956431370

Casa editrice: Decoubertin Books, 2012

Riassunto

For half a century, Weston was one of the most famous people in the English-speaking world as the first age of international celebrity unfolded. The godfather of the pedestrianism movement - a sport that took the Victorian world by storm - he criss-crossed Britain and America on foot earning fame, fortune and notoriety in an athletic career that saw him complete some of the most amazing endurance feats ever witnessed. The co-authors have skillfully recreated a vanished world to tell one of the most amazing stories in sporting history.

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Recensione:

Praise for Nick Harris's book The Foreign Revolution: "Harris has travelled down the byways of football and life with great tenacity and insight and his gift to the world is twofold: a significant piece of sport history. And a blockbusting read." -James Lawton, The Independent. "Harris's strength lies in his tireless research, emerging with a series of stirring stories." -The Sunday Times "I can only praise his diligence and detail." -John Motson --.

L'autore:

About the authors: Nick Harris is chief sports news correspondent of the Mail on Sunday, editor of sportingintelligence.com and SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year. Helen Harris is journalist by training and former national press officer for Britain's largest natural history charities. Paul Marshall is an historian who became interested in Victorian race-walking when researching the life of an ancestor. He is editor of kingofthepeds.com

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• Editore: Decoubertin Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0956431372
• ISBN 13: 9780956431370
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 280