Ballyhoo! Approximately 90 years ago, C.C. Pyle, the sports promoter of football player, Red Grange, devised a marathon to beat all marathons from coast to coast of the United States, in part to promote the development of Route 66 and tourism across the country. He believed the country was on the verge of marathon madness, but instead they and he were on the verge of collapse, both from exhaustion related to the race and the financial collapse that was to come for the country. Nonetheless, his story and that of the race itself explains the origins of sports promoting, or really, sports agents who got the best of the best the best deals in the game. With an extensive bibliography and source notes, The Great American Foot Race is a peek into the past that many might otherwise miss. I found it fascinating and I hope you do too!
Title: The Great American Foot Race
Author: Andrew Speno
Published 2017 by Calkins Creek
ISBN: 978-1-62979-602-4
This book was sent from the publisher for review purposes.
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