Ghost Runner The Epic Journey of the Man They Couldn't Stop

Name: Ghost Runner The Epic Journey of the Man They Couldn't Stop
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ISBN: 9781605984131

ISBN-10: 1605984132

ISBN-13: 9781605984131

Edition: 2013

Authors: Bill Jones

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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.

Book details

List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Pegasus Books
Publication date: 3/13/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English

Bill Jones worked for Granada Television for 27 years, where he was an award-winning documentary maker. He now works as a freelance writer and programme maker. He was researching a documentary about the centenary of the Manchester running club Salford Harriers in 1985 when he first came across the story of John Tarrant (a former Harriers member) and it has haunted him ever since.



Introduction


Prologue



This Is What I Am



'An Honest Endeavour'



'Torrance of Buxton'



The Ghost Runner



'Dear Tarrant'



'The Ageing Maestro'



Return of the Ghost



A Man Apart



The Only White Man



The Greatest Race


Afterword


Appendix: John Tarrant's Career Highlights