Tom Longboat
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0889026807
ISBN 13
9780889026803
Category
General Library Collection
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Publication Year
1980
Publisher
Pages
63
Subject
Tom Longboat -- 1887-1949 -- Juvenile literature
Tags
Tom Longboat -- 1887-1949 -- Juvenile literature, Tom Longboat -- 1887-1949, Runners (Sports) -- Canada -- Biography -- Juvenile literature, Indigenous athletes -- Canada -- Biography -- Juvenile literature, Indigenous athletes -- Ontario, Long-distance runners, Indigenous athletes, Runners (Sports)
Abstract
"Tom Longboat was a star long-distance runner from the rural back roads of the Six Nations Reserve. Thousands gathered to watch wherever he raced, the Boston Marathon, the Olympic Marathon, and one-on-one contests everywhere. Sadly, he ended up working as a garbageman in Toronto. Bruce Kidd, himself a former long-distance runner, writes with an insider's view."--Amazon.ca.
Biblio Notes
Includes index.
Number of Copies
1