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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Algeo, Matthew.     Subjects     Walking -- United States -- History -- 19th century.     Spectators -- United States -- History -- 19th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Algeo, Matthew.       by title:      Pedestrianism : when...         MARC Display

Pedestrianism : when watching people walk was America's favorite spectator sport / Matthew Algeo. by Algeo, Matthew. Chicago, IL : Chicago Review Press, c2014. Subjects Walking -- United States -- History -- 19th century.   Spectators -- United States -- History -- 19th century. ISBN:  9781613743973 (hardback) 1613743971 (hardback) Description:  ix, 262 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Contents:  Whiskey in his boots, or, He's the man -- Walking fever, or, Perhaps a foreigner could do it -- The Expo, or, Not an absorbingly entrancing sport -- Coca, or, Nature should not be outraged -- Rematch, or, Not silly little female cigarettes either -- The Astley Belt, or, More talked about than Constantinople -- Pedestriennes, or, Pioneers -- Terrible blows, or, A crackling was heard -- Comeback, or, A game old ped -- Black Dan, or, A dark horse -- Anti-pedestrianism, or, Bodily exercise profiteth little -- The national pastime, or, King of Harts -- Hippodroming, or, The suspicion was very general -- Bicycles and baseball, or, Too free use of stimulants -- The last pedestrians, or, Now about everybody rides. Requests:  0 Summary:  "Strange as it sounds, during the 1870s and 1880s, America's most popular spectator sport wasn't baseball, football, or horse racing--it was competitive walking. Inside sold-out arenas, competitors walked around dirt tracks almost nonstop for six straight days (never on Sunday), risking their health and sanity to see who could walk the farthest--500 miles, then 520 miles, then 565 miles! These walking matches were as talked about as the weather, the details reported in newspapers and telegraphed to fans from coast to coast. This long-forgotten sport, known as pedestrianism, spawned America's first celebrity athletes, the forerunners--forewalkers, actually--of LeBron James and Tiger Woods. The top pedestrians earned a fortune in prize money and endorsement deals. The sport also opened doors for immigrants, African Americans, and women. But along with the excitement came the inevitable scandals, charges of doping--coca leaves!--and insider gambling. PEDESTRIANISM chronicles competitive walking's peculiar appeal and popularity, its rapid demise, and its enduring influence"--   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Art, Music & Recreation 796.51097 Al Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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