Pedestrianism: When Watching People Walk Was America's Favorite Spectator Sport by Matthew Algeo

Pedestrianism: When Watching People Walk Was America's Favorite Spectator Sport

Matthew Algeo

262 pages first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction history sports informative medium-paced
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Strange as it sounds, during the 1870s and 1880s, America's most popular spectator sport wasn't baseball, boxing, or horseracing--it was competitive walking. Inside sold-out arenas, competitors walked around dirt tracks almost nonstop for six stra...

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