Ellison "Tarzan" Brown

Michael Ward, a musician and two-time W.C. Handy Award nominee, lives with his wife Bonnie, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Foreword: I Remember Tarzan Brown, by John J. Kelley      Introduction      Historical Note: The Narragansett      Prologue: “What Kid Could Ever Run That Way from Westerly?”      1. “Helason Brown”—1933      2. “Two of Them Trying to Run with One Pair of Legs”—1934      3. Even Without Shoes—1935      4. Two National Titles in a Fortnight—1935      5. “This Human Powerhouse”—1936      6. The Pre-Marathon Buzz—1936      7. “A Pat on the Back”—1936      8. Nason and the Hill—1936      9. Marathon Aftermath—1936      10. “That Man, Presuming That He Is an American”: Olympic Team Selection—1936      11. Sailing to Germany: “Even Better Than Running”—1936      12. “Running for Uncle Sam”—1936      13. Tarzan Brown’s October Feat (and Feet)—1936      14. “Full of Real Heart”—1937      15. “A Running Enigma”—1938      16. “I Give Him a Ride and He Gives Me a Beating”—1939      17. “To the Welcome Relief of the Finish Line” in Record Time—1939      18. “This Marathon Business Is Okay But You Can’t Support a Family on It”—1939      19. “A Question of Fairness”—1939      20. “The Greatest Attraction in New England”—1939      21. “Tarzan Brown’s Thunder”—1939      22. “The Fastest Thing in Floating Foot Power America Has Ever Known”—1940      23. Bad Cramps, Bad Socks—1940      24. “Three Races to Every Two”—1940      25. “Winning Most of the Silverware”—1940      26. “He Has Everybody Guessing”—1941      27. Injury—1941      28. “Indian Comet” Along the Comeback Trail—1942      29. “The Prettiest Thing I Ever Saw in Action”—1943      30. “An Ungovernable Tear”—1944–1945      31. “Surprises by Finishing 12th” in Final Comeback—1946      32. “Time and Marathoners Fly”—The Postwar Years      33. Untimely Death: The Final Years      34. A Final Look      Epilogue      Notes      Bibliography      Index

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