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Other Sports » Olympics & Athletics » Olympics & Athletics Books » Olympics & Athletics Biographies » THE LITTLE WONDER - THE UNTOLD STORY OF ALFRED SHRUBB, WORLD CHAMPION RUNNER

THE LITTLE WONDER - THE UNTOLD STORY OF ALFRED SHRUBB, WORLD CHAMPION RUNNER

THE LITTLE WONDER - THE UNTOLD STORY OF ALFRED SHRUBB, WORLD CHAMPION RUNNER

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Athletics book. Biography of Alfred Shrubb, the famous distance runner who has been largely forgotten since his heyday in the early 20th century.

8vo. 320pp. Dust-wrapper, very good.

Date
2004
Publisher
Desert Island Books
Author
Rob HADGRAFT

£35.00 (Code: 72926)

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