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Author Reisler, Jim, 1958-

Title Walk of ages : Edward Payson Weston's extraordinary 1909 trek across America / Jim Reisler
Published Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2014]

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Contents "The breathing embodiment of Iron Will" -- "Worried about the outcome of this one" -- "I fancied I was a great actor" -- "Pride and pluck had prevailed" -- "Undeterred, undismayed, no matter what confronts him" -- "I will not alter my mode of travel!" -- "The people treat me finely" -- "A trifle older than I was twenty-five years ago" -- "Walking is the easiest part" -- "Make a good record first and meet me after" -- "Some command of the situation" -- "Shut up, you jumping Jack!" -- "That awful strain" -- "I've taken my last walk."
Summary Jim Reisler is the author of eight baseball books, most notably Babe Ruth: Launching the Legend, and is the editor of Guys, Dolls, and Curveballs: Damon Runyon on Baseball
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Weston, Edward Payson, 1839-1929.
Weston, Edward Payson, 1839-1929
Weston, Edward Payson, 1839-1929
Racewalkers -- United States -- Biography
Walking (Sports) -- United States -- History
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Sports.
GAMES -- Gambling -- Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Business Aspects.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Essays.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- History.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Reference.
TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Sports.
Racewalkers
Walking (Sports)
United States
Genre/Form collective biographies.
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780803286443
0803286449
9780803286429
0803286422