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1 online resource (1 audio file (11hr., 14 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
Access |
Digital content provided by hoopla. |
Cast |
Read by Clive Anderson. |
Summary |
The mystery man threw off his disguise and started to run. Furious stewards gave chase. The crowd roared. A legend was born. Soon the world would know him as "the ghost runner, "John Tarrant, the extraordinary man whom nobody could stop. As a hapless teenage boxer in the 1950s, he'd been paid £17 expenses. When he wanted to run, he was banned for life. His amateur status had been compromised … forever. Now he was fighting back, gate-crashing races all over Britain. No number on his shirt. No friends in high places. Soon he would be a record-breaker, one of the greatest long-distance runners the world had ever seen. This cross between Once a Runner and Chariots of Fire tells the heartbreaking story of this remarkable individual. |
System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
Subject |
Tarrant, John, 1932-1975.
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Runners (Sports) -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Track and field athletes -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Added Author |
Anderson, Clive. Narrator.
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hoopla digital.
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ISBN |
9781982403447 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1982403446 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
Music No. |
MWT11024800 |
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