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Pedestrianism: When Watching People Walk Was America's Favorite Spectator Sport
Pedestrianism When Watching People Walk Was America's Favorite Spectator Sport
Author: Matthew Algeo
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 straight days (never on Sunday), risking their health and sanity to see who could walk the farthest?500 m...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781613738825
ISBN-10: 161373882X
Publication Date: 9/1/2017
Pages: 272
Edition: Reprint
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Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Book Type: Paperback
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