Flanagan's Run
of Tom McNab
Description
In 1931 Charles C. Flanagan, a grand-scale promoter in the P. T. Barnum vein, organizes a cross-country footrace from Los Angeles to New York, with a purse of $150,000 for the winner. Two thousand runners from around the world gather to participate in the grueling trek, which takes them through mountains, deserts, plains, and cities, forcing some friends and some alliances, tempered of course by the intense competition of the situation. Only a portion of the novel is set in Illinois, but organized fisticuffs in Springfield and organized crime in Chicago provide interesting and lively entertainment, along with period views of those cities.
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Book Details
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 472 pages
- Publisher Book Club Associates
- Publication Date November 1st 1987
- First Publication 03/29/82
- Language English
- ISBN 9780340243930
- Edition Not informed
- Category Fiction
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