Charles B Kastner: 2 books
Bunion Derby
The 1928 Footrace Across America
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2007
On March 4, 1928, 199 men lined up in Los Angeles, California, to participate in a 3,400-mile transcontinental footrace to New York City. The Bunion Derby, as the press dubbed the event, was the brainchild of sports promoter Charles C. Pyle. He promised a $25,000 grand prize and claimed the competition...
The 1929 Bunion Derby
Johnny Salo and the Great Footrace across America
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2014
On March 31, 1929, seventy-seven men began an epic 3,554-mile footrace
across America that pushed their bodies to the breaking point. Nicknamed
the "Bunion Derby" by the press, this was the second and last of
two trans-America footraces held in the late 1920s. The men averaged
forty-six gut-busting...