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The great American foot race : ballyhoo for the Bunion Derby!
- Title
- The great American foot race : ballyhoo for the Bunion Derby! / Andrew Speno.
- Author
- Speno, Andrew
- Publication
- Honesdale, Pennsylvania : Calkins Creek, [2017]
- ©2017
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Details
- Description
- 176 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
- Summary
- "[I]ntroduces young readers to a fascinating, little-known event--the Transcontinental Foot Race--which came to be known as the Bunion Derby. It is set in 1928, the height of the Roaring Twenties--a time of optimism, a time of excess, and the Age of Ballyhoo. . . More than 100 men of all races and nationalities started the race in California and faced all manner of obstacles--from extreme weather to poor food and living conditions, to prejudice to injury--to make the cross-country journey across the United States, ending in New York City."--
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Juvenile works.
- Literature.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-169) and index.
- Audience (note)
- 9-18.
- 4-12.
- 1100
- Contents
- Boom! -- The age of the Ballyhoo -- A plan to motor west -- "The P.T. Barnum of professional sports" -- C.C. Pyle's first annual international transcontinental foot race -- A motley crew -- Los Angeles: and they're off! -- California: reckoning on the pass and in the desert -- Arizona and New Mexico: Rocky Mountain highs ... and lows -- Texas-sized troubles -- Oklahoma's favorite son -- Missouri and Illinois: dash across the midwest -- Indiana and Ohio: the bunion derby on life support -- Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey: the home stretch -- New York City: finish line -- Crash! -- The bunion derby map.
- Call Number
- JFE 18-6062
- ISBN
- 9781629796024
- 1629796026
- LCCN
- 2016951179
- OCLC
- 979565202
- Author
- Speno, Andrew, author.
- Title
- The great American foot race : ballyhoo for the Bunion Derby! / Andrew Speno.
- Publisher
- Honesdale, Pennsylvania : Calkins Creek, [2017]
- Copyright Date
- ©2017
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-169) and index.
- Audience
- 9-18.4-12.1100 Lexile.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 18-6062