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McNAB, T.: Flanagan's Run (Abridged)
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During the Depression the ebullient American entrepreneur Charles Flanagan assembles 2,000 runners from all corners of the earth, to run from Los Angeles to New York for prize-money of $150,000. Flanagan’s Trans-America runners face 3,000 miles, across the Mojave desert and the frozen Rockies, running a daily average of 50 miles for three months. The American sports establishment, however, is desperate to crush what it sees as a professional challenge to the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics. Every day is therefore a struggle for survival, for Flanagan himself as well as the runners. Flanagan’s Run is an epic tale, and a testimony to the strength of the human spirit.
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Flanagan's Run (Abridged)
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Hugh McPhail dropped his trousers, stuffed them into his knapsack…
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At two - thirty precisely Charles C. Flanagan…
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Hugh McPhail had first heard about…
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Doc stood up and propped himself…
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'Ladies and Gentlemen!'
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Doc had anticipated…
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7:30 a.m., 24 March 1931.
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Doc swore under his breath.
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Doc had left the Americans at ten miles…
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3:45 p.m., 24 March 1931.
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Flanagan's Run (Abridged)
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In the lead, Muller, Martinez…
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'Coffee' asked Dixie.
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7 a.m., 27 March 1931.
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As the Trans - America ended its first week…
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Las Vegas, 27 March 1931.
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'Goddamit!' shouted Flanagan…
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The Trans - Americans entered McPhee…
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McPhee opened his sporran and withdrew…
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Doc talked to the team for five minutes…
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The gun cracked, and one thousand…
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The Trans - Americans had been the first men…
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Muller and Stock, after a fruitless appeal…
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Flanagan's Run (Abridged)
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It was at Gypsum that they began to run…
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Ahead, Stock and Muller had already dropped…
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Doc Cole's rescue of Claus Muller…
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The Roosevelt Suite, the Green Davison Hotel…
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He took another swig from his glass…
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Had it been possible for a room to sweat…
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The rhythmic tapping of Dixie's typewriter…
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When they reached the tent…
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1 May 1931: It was getting better.
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'Reckon you can catch Stock' asked Hugh…
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'Let me fill your glass, sir,' said Levy.
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At a nudge from Hugh, Morgan put up his hand.
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Flanagan's Run (Abridged)
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Morgan sat on his stool and looked…
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'You sure you're able to continue' he asked.
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18 May 1931. The Columbia Hotel…
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AMERICANA DATELINE 22 MAY 1931
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Doc and his group knew that at least one man…
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Doc Cole and Ernest Bullard approached…
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Kate Sheridan had read somewhere…
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9 a.m., 3 June, the Grand Metropolitan Hotel…
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Edgar J. Hoover's flat, square face crinkled…
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8 p.m., Friday 19 June 1931.
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2:15 p.m., Saturday 20 June 1931.
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At the front, Eskola's pace was still remorseless…
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… Each man felt it, felt his body protest…
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Total Playing Time:
04:42:17
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