The ghost runner : the epic journey of the man they couldn't stop / Bill Jones
- Author:
- Jones, Bill
- Additional Titles:
- Epic journey of the man they couldn't stop
- Published:
- New York, NY : Pegasus Books, LLC, 2013.
New York, NY : Distributed by W.W. Norton & Co. - Edition:
- 1st hardcover ed.
- Physical Description:
- 352 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Contents:
- This is what I am -- 'An honest endeavour' -- 'Torrance of Buxton' -- The ghost runner -- 'Dear Tarrant' -- 'The ageing maestro' -- Return of the ghost -- A man apart -- The only white man -- The greatest race -- Afterword -- Appendix. John Tarrant's career highlights.
- Summary:
- "The Ghost Runner, " John Tarrant, the extraordinary man whom nobody could stop. As a hapless teenage boxer in the 1950's, he'd been paid £17 in expenses. When he turned to distance running, he found himself banned for life. His amateur status had been compromised forever. Now he was fighting back, gate-crashing races all over Britain. No number on his shirt. No friends in high places. Soon he would be a record-breaker, one of the greatest long distance runners the world had ever seen."--Inside jacket cover.
- Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 9781605984131
1605984132 - Note:
- Originally published: Edinburgh : Mainstream Publishing, 2011.
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