The 1929 Bunion Derby: Johnny Salo and the Great Footrace Across America
- ISBN-10
- 081561036X
- ISBN-13
- 9780815610366
- Category
- Sports & Recreation
- Pages
- 305
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Author
- Charles B. Kastner
Description
On March 31, 1929, seventy-seven men left New York City on an epic 3,554-mile footrace to Los Angeles nicknamed the Bunion Derby. For seventy-eight consecutive days, the men pushed their bodies and spirits to the breaking point as they chased a $25,000 first prize in what is arguably the greatest long distance footrace in history.
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