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Tom McNab: Flanagan's Run (abridged)

Read by Rupert Degas

At the height of the Depression, in 1931, entrepreneur Charles Flanagan organises the Trans-America race, in which 2,000 runners from across the globe compete for a $150,000 top prize. But the... — The Observer More…
  • Release Date: 1st Feb 2010
  • Catalogue No: NA436712
  • Label: Naxos AudioBooks
  • Length: 4 hours 42 minutes

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Tom McNab: Flanagan's Run (Abridged)

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  • Recording Venue: Motivation Sound Studios, London

Hugh McPhail dropped his trousers, stuffed them into his knapsack…

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At two-thirty precisely Charles C. Flanagan…

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Hugh McPhail had first heard about…

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Doc stood up and propped himself…

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'Ladies and Gentlemen!'

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Doc had anticipated…

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7:30 a.m., 24 March 1931.

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Doc swore under his breath.

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Doc had left the Americans at ten miles…

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3:45 p.m., 24 March 1931.

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In the lead, Muller, Martinez…

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'Coffee?' asked Dixie.

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7 a.m., 27 March 1931.

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As the Trans-America ended its first week…

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Las Vegas, 27 March 1931.

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'Goddamit!' shouted Flanagan…

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The Trans-Americans entered McPhee…

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McPhee opened his sporran and withdrew…

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Doc talked to the team for five minutes…

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The gun cracked, and one thousand…

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The Trans-Americans had been the first men…

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Muller and Stock, after a fruitless appeal…

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It was at Gypsum that they began to run…

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Ahead, Stock and Muller had already dropped…

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Doc Cole's rescue of Claus Muller…

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The Roosevelt Suite, the Green Davison Hotel…

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He took another swig from his glass…

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Had it been possible for a room to sweat…

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The rhythmic tapping of Dixie's typewriter…

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When they reached the tent…

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1 May 1931: It was getting better.

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'Reckon you can catch Stock?' asked Hugh…

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'Let me fill your glass, sir,' said Levy.

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At a nudge from Hugh, Morgan put up his hand.

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Morgan sat on his stool and looked…

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'You sure you're able to continue?' he asked.

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18 May 1931. The Columbia Hotel…

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AMERICANA DATELINE 22 MAY 1931

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Doc and his group knew that at least one man…

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Doc Cole and Ernest Bullard approached…

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Kate Sheridan had read somewhere…

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9 a.m., 3 June, the Grand Metropolitan Hotel…

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Edgar J. Hoover's flat, square face crinkled…

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8 p.m., Friday 19 June 1931.

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

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At the front, Eskola's pace was still remorseless…

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… Each man felt it, felt his body protest…

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