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The Ghost Runner

The Ghost Runner

The Tragedy of the Man They Couldn't Stop

by Bill Jones
Paperback
Publication Date: 15/07/2011
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The true and heartbreaking story of a man the world came to know as The Ghost Runner

The mystery man threw off his disguise and started to run. Furious stewards gave chase. The crowd roared.

A legend was born. Soon the world would know him as 'the ghost runner'. John Tarrant. The extraordinary man whom nobody could stop. As a hapless teenage boxer in the 1950s, he'd been paid e17 expenses. When he wanted to run, he was banned for life. His amateur status had been compromised. Forever. Now he was fighting back, gatecrashing races all over Britain. No number on his shirt. No friends in high places. Soon he would be a record-breaker, one of the greatest long-distance runners the world has ever seen.

This is his true story- The Ghost Runner.
ISBN:
9781845966065
9781845966065
Category:
Biography: sport
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
15-07-2011
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
368
Dimensions (mm):
234x153x28mm
Weight:
0.48kg
Bill Jones

Bill Jones was born in Bridlington and currently lives in Ampleforth, North Yorkshire. He was a journalist before joining Granada Television in Manchester in the 1980s where he worked on hundreds of documentaries for the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and many others.

After thirty years in broadcasting, he turned to a career in writing. His first biography, The Ghost Runner, was shortlisted for the William Hill Award and won him The Times Best New Writer in the 2012 British Sports Book Awards.

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