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On April 23, 1929, the second annual Transcontinental Foot Race across America, known as the Bunion Derby, was in its twenty-fifth day. Eddie ""the Sheik"" Gardner, an African American runner from Seattle, was leading the race. Kastner traces Gardner's remarkable journey from his birth in 1897 to his success as a long-distance runner.

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A Paperback by Charles B. Kastner

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    Publisher: MP-SYR Syracuse University P
    Publication Date: 1/30/2020 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780815610991, 978-0815610991
    ISBN10: 0815610998
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    Book Synopsis
    On April 23, 1929, the second annual Transcontinental Foot Race across America, known as the Bunion Derby, was in its twenty-fifth day. Eddie ""the Sheik"" Gardner, an African American runner from Seattle, was leading the race. Kastner traces Gardner's remarkable journey from his birth in 1897 to his success as a long-distance runner.

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