Bricklayer Bill: The Untold Story of the Workingman's Boston Marathon - Couverture souple

Kennedy, Patrick L.; Kennedy, Lawrence W.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 162534306X ISBN 13 : 9781625343062

Editeur : University of Massachusetts Press, 2017

Synopsis

Two weeks after the United States officially entered World War I, Irish American "Bricklayer Bill" Kennedy won the Boston Marathon wearing his stars-and-stripes bandana, rallying the crowd of patriotic spectators. Kennedy became an American hero and, with outrageous stories of his riding the rails and sleeping on pool tables, a racing legend whose name has since appeared in almost every book written on the Boston Marathon.

When journalist Patrick Kennedy and historian Lawrence Kennedy unearthed their uncle's unpublished memoir, they discovered a colorful character who lived a tumultuous life, beyond his multiple marathons. The bricklayer survived typhoid fever, a five-story fall, auto and train accidents, World War action, Depression-era bankruptcy, decades of back-breaking work, and his own tendency to tipple. In many ways, Bill typified the colorful, newly emerging culture and working-class ethic of competitive long-distance running before it became a professionalized sport. Bricklayer Bill takes us back to another time, when bricklayers, plumbers, and printers could take the stage as star athletes.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Patrick L. Kennedy is a writer based in Boston, Massachusetts. Lawrence W. Kennedy is professor of history at the University of Scranton and author of several books, including Planning the City upon a Hill: Boston since 1630 (University of Massachusetts Press, 1992).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Massachusetts Press
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 162534306X
• ISBN 13: 9781625343062
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 296
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible