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Walk of Ages
Edward Payson Weston's Extraordinary 1909 Trek Across America
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Artikel-Nr:
9780803290143
Veröffentl:
2015
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.02.2015
Seiten:
240
Autor:
Jim Reisler
Gewicht:
445 g
Format:
226x142x22 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
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.
On his seventieth birthday in 1909, a slim man with a shock of white hair, a walrus mustache, and a spring in his step faced west from Park Row in Manhattan and started walking. By the time Edward Payson Weston was finished, he was in San Francisco, having trekked 3,895 miles in 104 days.
Prologue: “The Breathing Embodiment of Iron Will” 1. “Worried about the Outcome of This One” 2. “I Fancied I Was a Great Actor” 3. “Pride and Pluck Had Prevailed” 4. “Undeterred, Undismayed, No Matter What Confronts Him” 5. “I Will Not Alter My Mode of Travel!” 6. “The People Treat Me Finely” 7. “A Trifle Older Than I Was Twenty-Five Years Ago” 8. “Walking Is the Easiest Part” 9. “Make a Good Record First and Meet Me After” 10. “Some Command of the Situation” 11. “Shut Up, You Jumping Jack!” 12. “That Awful Strain” Epilogue: “I've Taken My Last Walk” Notes Bibliography Index