Flanagan’s Run

De: Tom McNab

Narrado por: Rupert Degas

During the Depression, the ebullient American entrepreneur Charles Flanagan assembles 2,000 runners from all corners of the earth to run from Los Angeles to New York for prize-money of $150,000. Flanagan’s Trans-America runners face 3,000 miles, across the Mojave desert and the frozen Rockies, running a daily average of 50 miles for three months. The American sports establishment, however, is desperate to crush what it sees as a professional challenge to the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics. Every day is therefore a struggle for survival, for Flanagan himself as well as the runners. Flanagan’s Run is an epic tale, and a testimony to the strength of the human spirit.

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Outstanding story and narrator!!!

This is a must if you run! The narrator makes the story! Great performance for a great and uplifting story!

A long time coming!

Years ago I worked at William Morrow and was given the manuscript Flanagan's Run to count the letters. Back in the 1980's we did not have computers and so the pages were set by hand. This was one of the few manuscripts I read as I counted. What a delightful cast of characters. Writers today should seriously take a look at what good stories are based on. No excessive violence or dark themes, just a cracklin' good story.

My only complaint is that the narrator did not completely reach my expectations of what Doc Cole sounds like. Which would have been impossible. Other than that, it was a joy to listen to nearly forty years after working on it.

What a story!

Great story, the narrator was awesome! Very inspirational. I would rev omen it to everyone.

Very Entertaining

This is a well written well researched book that is very entertaining. The many characters are well developed and the narration is very well done. I only wish Tom McNab had more books on Audible.

Amazing Story

What does Rupert Degas bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

He is AMAZING! I mean, the accents are spot on, and he even sings. HE SINGS..He is THE most talented performer I have listened to yet.

Any additional comments?

This is a unique story and I HIGHLY Recommend this book