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Mark Will-Weber Run for the Diamonds: Pennsylvania Footracing History Excellent!
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Subtitle
- 100 Years of Footracing in Berwick, Pennsylvania
- EAN
- 9781891369780
- ISBN
- 9781891369780
- Release Year
- 2008
- Publication Name
- Run for the Diamonds
- Title
- Run for the Diamonds
- ISBN-10
- 1891369784
- Release Date
- 01/11/2008
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Breakaway Books
ISBN-10
1891369784
ISBN-13
9781891369780
eBay Product ID (ePID)
65977839
Product Key Features
Book Title
Run for the Diamonds : 100 Years of Footracing in Berwick, Pennsylvania
Number of Pages
360 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2008
Topic
General, History, Running & Jogging
Genre
Sports & Recreation
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
18.3 Oz
Item Length
9.1 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Synopsis
In this modern world of professional runners, televised marathons, and hundred-dollar racing shoes, Berwick, Pennsylvania's Run for the Diamonds has the authenticity of an old boxing gym. A nine-mile race with a grueling two-mile uphill, contested on Thanksgiving since 1908, this is a throwback event that reflects the history of running in America. Some of the world's greatest runners have competed at Berwick. Boston legend Johnny Kelley said, "Except for the Boston and Olympic marathons, there is no race that I would rather win than Berwick." The first race was contested between the locals over unpaved roads and followed by a "referee" on horseback. The frontrunner in 1909 was a diminutive Hopi named Louis Tewanima, who became the race's first star. (Although he was captured by the US Cavalry in 1906 and forced to attend Carlisle Indian School, Tewanima went on to win an Olympic silver medal for the United States.) Berwick also attracted some of Finland's greatest runners--Hannes Kolehmainen (the first "Flying Finn") and Ville Ritola (the "Flying Wolf"), both of whom went on to win Olympic gold medals. The race also brought in two of the first African American distance stars: Earle Johnson and Gus Moore, both of whom played major roles in some of Berwick's most dramatic duels. Publication of the book will coincide with the 100th anniversary (2008) and the actual 100th running of the race (2009). Newspaper clippings and dozens of old (and more recent) photos will bring this race alive. It's a fantastic story of running Americana that has never been told.
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