For half a century, Weston was one of the most famous people in the English-speaking world as the first age of international celebrity unfolded. The godfather of the pedestrianism movement - a sport that took the Victorian world by storm - he criss-crossed Britain and America on foot earning fame, fortune and notoriety in an athletic career that saw him complete some of the most amazing endurance feats ever witnessed. The co-authors have skillfully recreated a vanished world to tell one of the most amazing stories in sporting history.
ISBN: 9781917064491
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Date of Publication: 06/05/2024