Running For Their Lives
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The Extraordinary Story of Britain’s Greatest Ever Distance Runners
In 1928 two extraordinary Englishmen competed in an unprecedented event - a transcontinental road race across America that required them to run an average of 40 miles for 80 consecutive days.
Despite being separated by class, education and age, Peter Gavuzzi and Arthur Newton became close friends and formed a successful business partnership as endurance athletes. They raced in 500-mile relays, in 24-hour events, in snowshoes and against horses; and they became the stars of a craze for endurance events that swept across depression-era North America and the most famous long-distance runners in the world.
However, history has forgotten these two men, and in Running for Their Lives - in a story peopled with remarkable characters, unimaginable feats and tragic twists of fate - they only now receive the recognition they so richly deserve.
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Imprint: Vintage Digital
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Published: 05/04/2012
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ISBN: 9781409019640
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Length: 384 Pages
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RRP: £9.99
Reviews
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A poignant account of unrecognised achievement
Bryon Rogers, Spectator
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Well-researched and entertaining... Whitaker's real achievement is to resurrect for recognition the careers of two genuine British sporting heroes
Times Literary Supplement
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Remarkable
New Statesman
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A timely reminder of the best that the sport can achieve
The Sunday Times
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Astonishing
Reader's Digest
