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262 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781613743973
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Publication date: 01 April 2014
Description
Strange as it sounds, during the 1870s and 1880s, America's most popular spectator sport wasn't baseball, boxing, or horseracing--it was competitive walking. Inside sold-out arenas, competitors walked around dirt tracks almost nonstop for six stra...
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262 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781613743973
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Publication date: 01 April 2014
Description
Strange as it sounds, during the 1870s and 1880s, America's most popular spectator sport wasn't baseball, boxing, or horseracing--it was competitive walking. Inside sold-out arenas, competitors walked around dirt tracks almost nonstop for six stra...