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A Man in a Hurry: The Extraordinary Life and Times of Edward Payson Weston, the World's Greatest Walker

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A Man in a Hurry: The Extraordinary Life and Times of Edward Payson Weston, The World's Greatest Walker

 by Nick Harris, Helen Harris and Paul Marshall

ISBN: 978-0956431370
Price: £14.99
 
PUBLISHED 1 APRIL 2012. PRE-ORDERS WILL BE DISPATCHED ON PUBLICATION DATE. 
 
For half a century, Edward Payson Weston was one of the most famous people in the English-speaking world as the first age of international celebrity unfolded. The godfather of the pedestrianism movement - a sport that took the Victorian world by storm - he criss-crossed Britain and America on foot earning fame, fortune and notoriety in an athletic career that saw him complete some of the most amazing endurance feats ever witnessed. 
 
The story of a dreamer, schemer and ladies man, who met with presidents and royalty, crooks and knaves, A Man in a Hurry is one man's athletic journey from the Gold Rush to the Jazz Age. With its colourful detail, historical context and readable style, the co-authors have skillfully recreated a vanished world to tell one of the most amazing stories in sporting history and provide an important addition to the sports literature canon. 

 

PRAISE FOR NICK HARRIS'S EARLIER WORK, THE FOREIGN REVOLUTION:

'Harris has travelled down the byways of football and life with great tenacity and insight and his gift to the world is twofold: a significant piece of sport history. And a blockbusting read.' -James Lawton, The Independent.

'Harris's strength lies in his tireless research, emerging with a series of stirring stories.' -The Sunday Times

'I can only praise his diligence and detail.' -John Motson

 ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Nick Harris is chief sports news correspondent of the Mail on Sunday, editor of sportingintelligence.com and SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year.

Helen Harris is journalist by training and former national press officer for Britain's largest natural history charities.

Paul Marshall is an historian who became interested in Victorian race-walking when researching the life of an ancestor. He is editor of kingofthepeds.com

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