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Race Across America
Eddie Gardner and the Great Bunion Derbies
Langbeschreibung
2020 Peace Corps Writers Paul Cowan Award for the Best Book of Non-Fiction> Kastner traces Gardner's remarkable journey from his birth in 1897 in Birmingham, Alabama, to his success in Seattle, Washington, as one of the top long-distance runners in the region, and finally to his participation in two transcontinental footraces where he risked his life, facing a barrage of harassment for having the audacity to compete with white runners. Kastner shows how Gardner's participation became a way to protest the endemic racism he faced, heralding the future of nonviolent efforts that would be instrumental to the civil rights movement. Shining a bright light on his extraordinary athletic accomplishments and his heroism on the dusty roads of America in the 1920s, Kastner gives Gardner and other black bunioneers the attention they so richly deserve.
Charles B. Kastner is a long-distance runner and the author of The 1929 Bunion Derby: Johnny Salo and the Great Footrace across America. To learn more about Chuck Kastner, visit CharlesKastner.com.
ISBN-13:
9780815610991
Veröffentl:
2020
Erscheinungsdatum:
03.01.2020
Seiten:
336
Autor:
Charles B Kastner
Gewicht:
454 g
Format:
224x152x18 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
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