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Author Jones, Bill (Producer of documentary films)

Title The ghost runner : the epic journey of the man they couldn't stop / Bill Jones.

Publication Info. New York : Pegasus Books, 2013.
©2012

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Biographies  92 BIOGRAPHY TARRANT    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  BIOG. TARRANT, J.    Storage
 Enfield, Main Library - Biographies  B TARRANT    Check Shelf
 Granby, F.H. Cossitt Branch - Adult  B TARRANT    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  796.42 JON    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  796.424 T17    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  B TARRANT, J.    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  796.4209 TARRANT J    Check Shelf
Description 352 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents This is what I am -- 'An honest endeavour' -- 'Torrance of Buxton' -- Ghost runner -- 'Dear Tarrant' -- 'Ageing maestro' -- Return of the ghost -- Man apart -- Only white man -- Greatest race.
Summary The author examines "The Ghost Runner" from his rough-and-tumble London childhood, his stint in a brutal children's home, his mother's tragic death, through his short-lived boxing career ended by serious injury. Tarrant, a self-centered and single-minded athlete, turned to distance running with great focus, but he was barred from competing. In the end, Jones has written a vibrant account of endurance and rebellion.
Subject Tarrant, John, 1932-1975.
Runners (Sports) -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Track and field athletes -- Great Britain -- Biography.
ISBN 9781605984131: $26.95
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