The Man Who Ran Faster Than Everyone: The Story of Tom Longboat - Softcover

-Winner of the Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children's Non-Fiction-

..".fast-paced, deeply researched and fresh...treats the reader with respect and the subject with great respect...throws new light on the little-known Longboat...vividly readable...brilliantly done!"
-Norma Fleck Jury

"[T]his book is a superb narrative - and a revelatory one - about a largely unknown if not quite unsung Canadian icon."
-The Globe and Mail

..".a wonderful book. Jack Batten has written a riveting sports story...an intriguing slice of social and economic life in the early decades of the 20th century, raising some provocative questions..."
-Books in Canada

"Dozens of photos complement the exciting prose of Jack Batten."
-Owl Canadian Family

"This biography of Canada's greatest runner salutes him while providing a not-too-pretty lesson in Canadian sports and social history... Jack Batten...writes in a colloquial, entertainingly frank style...."
-Quill & Quire

"It is an engrossing and poignant story...a fascinating look at the history of running, the history of prejudice and the legacy of a man who's enduring story continues to inspire."
-Books

"Batten writes with honesty of the hypocrisies and injustices of the time: here's one biography that doesn't gloss over the more ugly aspects of our culture.... [a] clear, sensitive biography..."
-The Toronto Star

"Batten tells a fast-paced, deeply researched and fresh story while unflinchingly facing up to the everyday bigotries of Canadian society..."
-The Vancouver Sun

Despite poverty, poor training, and prejudice, Tom Longboat--a member of the Onondaga Nation--became one of the world's best runners, winning the Boston Marathon in 1907 and competing in the 1908 Olympic Marathon. Original.