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Two weeks after the US officially entered World War I, Irish American "Bricklayer Bill” Kennedy won the Boston Marathon wearing his stars-and-stripes bandana. Kennedy became an American hero and a racing legend. Bricklayer Bill takes us back to another time, when bricklayers, plumbers, and printers could take the stage as star athletes.

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Two weeks after the US officially entered World War I, Irish American "Bricklayer Bill” Kennedy won the Boston Marathon wearing his stars-and-stripes bandana. Kennedy became an American hero and a racing legend. Bricklayer Bill takes us back to another time, when bricklayers, plumbers, and printers could take the stage as star athletes.
Autorenporträt
Patrick L. Kennedy is a writer based in Boston, Massachusetts. Lawrence W. Kennedy is professor of history at the University of Scranton and author of several books, including Planning the City upon a Hill: Boston since 1630 (University of Massachusetts Press, 1992).