Meghan McCarthy's The Wildest Race Ever: The Story of the 1904 Olympic PDF

By Meghan McCarthy

ISBN-10: 1481406396

ISBN-13: 9781481406390

From Megan McCarthy the award-winning writer of Pop! and Earmuffs for Everyone comes the quirky, attention-grabbing, and encouraging tale of perseverance and the significance of sportsmanship set on the 1904 St. Louis Olympic Marathon.

It was once 1904 and St. Louis used to be proud to host the World’s reasonable and America’s First Olympics. thousands of individuals got here by way of automobile, via educate, by way of boat. a part of the Olympics used to be a wild, wacky marathon. Forty-two racers registered, thirty-two confirmed up, and of the 3 racers vying for the end line: on drove half means, one was once helped by way of his running shoes over the road, and one used to be a postman who travelled from Cuba and ran in road outfits that he bring to an end to seem like shorts. How they ran and who received is a narrative of twists and turns that basically wouldn’t be believed if it weren’t actual! And it really is! discover who received during this wacky and well-researched photograph e-book all in regards to the historical Olympic Marathon of 1904.

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