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Tom McNab: Flanagan’s Run (unabridged)

Read by Rupert Degas

  • Release Date: 1st Feb 2010
  • Catalogue No: NAX36412
  • Label: Naxos AudioBooks
  • Series: The Complete Text
  • Length: 16 hours 6 minutes

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Contents

Tom McNab: Flanagan's Run (Unabridged)

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  • Recording Venue: Motivation Sound Studios

Chapter 1: Los Angeles

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There were only three miles to Los Angeles…

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'Your name, mister?' asked an attractive blonde girl…

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Chapter 2: Flanagan Meets the Press

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'But the Coliseum, boss? Two thousand men…'

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'James Ferris, The Times of London.'

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Carl Liebnitz, of the New York Times…

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'Munaur, Paris Match. Is there any truth…'

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Chapter 3: The Broo Park

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Then, after two years at the mine…

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Hugh felt the hair on the back of his neck rise…

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'I'd like you to see someone,' said Stevie…

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Hugh did not even glance at him…

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The 'tanner-a-man' matches were desperate affairs…

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Meanwhile Jimmy G. had kept the final part…

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Chapter 4: The Press Meets Doc Cole

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He had gone bald early in middle-age…

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'Carl Liebnitz.' The thin panama-hatted journalist…

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'What do you mean by only racing the last…'

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Chapter 5: The Start

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'… Go!' The explosion of the gun…

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The race had already divided into four…

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The area beyond the bannered finish…

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Oddly enough, they did not act like competitors…

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Chapter 6: The Girl from Minsky's

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'Sit down, Miss…?' said Flanagan…

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Flanagan slowly poured out two further glasses…

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'Well,' said Doc at last. 'You certainly do…'

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Chapter 7: Morgan's Story

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Sharpe blew smoke into the icy air…

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Only his instincts kept him in contention…

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A hush fell upon the crowd. Morgan turned…

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Chapter 8: Across the Mojave

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They were now deep into the Mojave…

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Doc watched the first hundred-odd finishers…

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Kate had never realized that there were men like this…

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Chapter 9: Into the Devil's Playground

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Behind them, in thirtieth position, Doc could see…

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Two miles ahead, Doc decided it was time…

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And Morgan. Morgan did not appear to acknowledge…

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An hour later Flanagan looked out of his caravan…

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There was a moment's silence, then another…

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Doc next drew out from his knapsack…

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Chapter 10: Cross-Country to Las Vegas

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'A real ball-buster,' said Doc…

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Unaware of Flanagan's problems…

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Albert Koch looked up apologetically…

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As the rain lashed down, Kate was glad…

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Meanwhile Doc and Hugh tumbled crazily downstream…

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Chapter 11: The Meadow with Many Streams

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After that things had happened quickly

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Las Vegas, 27 March 1931.

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'Now see here, Mr. Flaherty,' he said…

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'Vegas,' said Doc at last…

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'Christ, you don't know the half of it…'

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In another corner of the tent Flaherty…

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'What exactly do you intend, Mr. Clay?'

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Chapter 12: The Picnic Games

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Half an hour later Flanagan was to find out…

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The tall Texan, Kane, stood up…

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The two hundred miles into the town…

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Elsewhere in McPhee things were going…

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The crowd, composed mainly of Americans…

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The caber itself weighed about a hundred and twenty pounds…

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'I've got to give credit where credit is due…'

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'A song,' he said again.

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Flanagan's mind, though blurred, sensed danger…

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Twenty minutes later all was ready…

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Chapter 13: Moment of Truth

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'So how many do you reckon will make it…?'

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Hugh pulled down his sombrero…

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Morgan looked around him…

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'Sprinting,' said Lord Farne loudly…

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This time Hugh did not sweat at all…

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Hugh shook his head…

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Chapter 14: Across the Rockies

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In Europe, every nation with runners…

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'Bullard,' Hoover mused…

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Muller and Stock, after a fruitless appeal…

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The field was telescoping…

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'And what did you think of the idea?'

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At 10 a.m. next morning, 15 April 1931…

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Eventually the snow started to thin…

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Chapter 15: Denver: A Thousand Miles On

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'Could you be just a bit more specific…?'

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Bill Campbell of the Glasgow Herald…

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Ernest Bullard decided that it was time…

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Doc Cole stood up, pre-empting Flanagan…

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As the conference broke up…

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Hugh stood alone in the noisy, crowded room…

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Chapter 16: King of the Wharf

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Flanagan's mind travelled back…

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'So what's that got to do with the Trans-America?'

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'Perhaps it might help if I tell you…'

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'And that's where Toffler comes in?' said Flanagan…

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The two men walked back slowly…

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Chapter 17: The Gamble

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'I'll tell you so what,' Doc shouted…

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The rhythmic tapping of Dixie's typewriter…

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2 May, 1931: Nine hundred and seventy eight men…

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'Thank God for that,' said Doc…

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Chapter 18: Doc in Trouble

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The cars of local sightseers blew dust…

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He scowled. Only ten miles…

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1 May 1931: It was getting better.

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Two miles ahead, at the front of the pack…

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The boy, who could not have been more than nine or ten…

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Doc was as good as his word…

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Chapter 19: St Louis: Man versus Horse

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Men who themselves lack physical ability…

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Betting was now down to nine to one against…

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1:30 p.m., 10 May 1931.

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1:45 p.m. Thurleigh, Morgan and McPhail…

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He felt the roughness of the grit of the track…

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'Finished,' said Doc a moment later…

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'Prepare yourselves, gentlemen.'

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Another bugle from the hillside…

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All in all, the city of St. Louis…

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'One final matter,' he said…

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Chapter 20: The Big Fight

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Many men went down after the first punch…

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'The booth fight of the century,' he bellowed…

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It was like the old days, only Doc had never…

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He lowered his voice to a whisper…

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The two men gave the crowd…

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Somehow Morgan was able to keep on…

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Chapter 21: Showdown with Toffler

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'Let me get this clear,' said Flanagan…

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Charles C. Flanagan was back in his rocking-chair…

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Lily looked at him…

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Chapter 22: Meeting Mr. Capone

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This time it was different…

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Like all industrial cities of the north…

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On his right, a black Ford limousine…

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At 11 a.m. on the morning of 24 May…

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'Well,' said Capone, 'what else do you want?'

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Chapter 23: End of the Road

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At the top the position changed almost daily…

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'Wait a minute,' said Flanagan…

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'So what are you going to do?' said Willard…

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Flanagan was not found, however…

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Edgar J. Hoover's flat, square face…

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'Charles Rae, Washington Post.'

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Chapter 24: Marathon

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The Dorando marathon triggered…

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His concentration was broken by a knock…

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2:15 p.m. Saturday, 20 June 1931.

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Liebnitz found Maurice Falconer standing…

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Six miles in thirty-three minutes and nine seconds…

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Kate Sheridan saw the figures '220'…

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With five miles to go, as she crossed…

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Postscript

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