Flanagan's Run Author:Tom McNab The time: the Great Depression of 1931. The man: Charles C. Flanagan - like Barnum, a flamboyant promoter. Flanagan's inspiration: to conduct a footrace that begins in Los Angeles and ends in Central Park in New York. To attract athletes from over the world, Flanagan promises $300,000 in prize money, the winner getting $150,000. — Among the r... more »unners are: Kate Sheridan, an ex-Minsky dancer who falls in love with a gentle miner strike organizer, Mike Murphy who seeks a fortune not for himself but for his son; Doc Cole, a huckster of liniments and runner who wants to win a big race to put his name in the annals of running history; Hugh McPhail, a Scotsman, who runs for financial survival; Lord Peter Thurleigh, a wealthy Englishman who runs for a wager and acceptance by his peers.« less