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By Andrew Speno

ISBN-10: 1629796026

ISBN-13: 9781629796024

This available and punctiliously researched nonfiction debut introduces younger readers to a desirable, little-known event—the Transcontinental Foot Race, which got here to be referred to as the Bunion Derby. it really is set in 1928, the peak of the Roaring Twenties—a time of optimism, a time of extra, and the Age of Ballyhoo. Publicity-seeking american citizens attempted to outdo one another with outrageous stunts. Dance marathoners danced for days on finish, pole-sitters sat atop flagpoles for weeks, expert athletes labored to overcome files, and Charles Lindbergh made the 1st solo transatlantic flight. What might most sensible this? Cyrus Avery, a typical Oklahoma businessman, teamed up with C. C. Pyle, the “P. T. Barnum Sports,” to carry a transcontinental foot race. greater than a hundred males of all races and nationalities began the race in California and confronted all demeanour of obstacles—from severe climate to negative nutrients and dwelling stipulations, to prejudice to injury—to make the cross-country trip around the usa, finishing in ny urban. This “Bunion Derby” driven human persistence to the bounds in an unforgettable express of “ballyhoo.” This publication is written in a folksy sort that completely captures the temper and tone of the overdue Twenties and comprises archival photos, a map of the derby course, stats, a bibliography, and resource notes.

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