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01932aam a2200325Ia 4500 001 46ED736A6B5411E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160826010517 008 111221s2012 enkac e b 001 0 eng 020 $a 9780224082587 (hbk) 020 $a 0224082582 (hbk) 035 $a (OCoLC)794204598 040 $a AU@ $b eng $c AU@ $d YDXCP $d UKMGB $d NLE $d YUS $d OCLCO $d UAB $d CUD $d CDX $d OCLCQ $d IWA $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- $a n-us--- 100 1 $a Whitaker, Mark. 245 10 $a Running for their lives : $b the extraordinary story of Britain's greatest distance runners / $c Mark Whitaker. 260 $a London : $b Yellow Jersey Press, $c 2012. 300 $a 358 p., [16] p. of plates : $b ill., ports. ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-342) and index. 505 0 $a 'A chap called Newton' -- From amateur to professional -- Sport and endurance, fans and voyeurs -- Los Angeles to New York, 1928 -- New York to Los Angeles, 1929 -- 'The leading lights of the paid brigade' -- From exile in Canada to internment in Paris -- The scribe of Cottingham Chase -- Old age, poverty and recognition. 520 $a You're unlikely to have heard of Britain's greatest long-distance runner. Despite being a world-class athlete, Peter Gavuzzi was consigned to obscurity. His heyday was in 1929, when he took part in the most extraordinary race ever held -- a transcontinental run across America. He covered an improbable 3,500 miles in just 78 days. 600 10 $a Gavuzzi, Peter. 600 10 $a Newton, Arthur F. H. $q (Arthur Francis Hamilton), $d 1883-1959. 650 0 $a Long-distance runners $z Great Britain $v Biography. 650 0 $a Long-distance runners $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Long-distance running $x History $y 20th century. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826053813.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=46ED736A6B5411E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search