A history of American marathons this book encompasses more than a centurysince the fledgling days of the footrace in the 1890s to the contemporarymarathons that... » 

A history of American marathons this book encompasses more than a centurysince the fledgling days of the footrace in the 1890s to the contemporarymarathons that have become corporatesponsored institutions. It focuses on therole of New York City which hosted the first US marathon in 1896. «