The Fast Men - Softcover
In the American West of the 1870s, two professional runners, Billy Joe Speed and Buck Miller, travel from Kansas City to Mexico amidst strange opponents, loaded odds, and their mentor-coach, Professor Moriarty
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'No one who runs, walks, or just sits in an armchair will fail to cross the taut finish line.' Time magazine
About the Author:
'Like a great long-distance runner, the author paces his story to perfection.' New York Times
This is an engrossing look at theatrical life and the foot-racing phenomenon in the American West during the 1870s. --Publishers Weekly
Tom McNab has experienced success as Olympic coach, prize winning novelist and Technical Director of the Oscar-winning film "Chariots of Fire". One of the world's leaders in sport, he has coached international athletes, the British Olympic Bobsleigh team and England's silver medal-winning squad in Rugby's 1992 World Cup. In the same year, he was awarded the British Coach of the Year. Tom has written several best-selling novels, including Flanagan's Run which reached number 1 on the world's best seller lists, with film rights taken by Disney. In 1982 he won the Scottish Novelist of the Year award and his repertoire of sporting films includes his work as script consultant and technical advisor for Chariots of Fire. He has been a commentator for ITV and Channel 4, a freelance journalist for the Observer, Sunday Telegraph, Times and Independent.
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- PublisherArrow Books Ltd
- Publication date1987
- ISBN 10 0099524805
- ISBN 13 9780099524809
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages352
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