- Published: 15 April 2013
- ISBN: 9780224082594
- Imprint: Yellow Jersey
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 384
- RRP: $39.99
Running For Their Lives
The Extraordinary Story of Britain’s Greatest Ever Distance Runners
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- Published: 15 April 2013
- ISBN: 9780224082594
- Imprint: Yellow Jersey
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 384
- RRP: $39.99
These men were monumentally strong. They were not just sporting heroes but heroes in terms of human endeavour
Peter Radford
A timely reminder of the best that the sport can achieve
The Sunday Times
A poignant account of unrecognised achievement
Bryon Rogers, Spectator
Whitaker paints a compelling picture of a world in which the virtues of old-fashioned professionalism and decency overcome class and race barriers... engaging, surprising and...affecting
Alexander Larman, Observer
Remarkable
New Statesman
Astonishing
Reader's Digest
Well-researched and entertaining... Whitaker's real achievement is to resurrect for recognition the careers of two genuine British sporting heroes
Times Literary Supplement