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Samuel
Hawley is a writer of narrative nonfiction. His books are
highly eclectic. He has written about 16th-century East Asian history,
19th-century Korean-American relations, Olympic sprinting and land
speed racing and a circus elephant named Topsy who was electrocuted in 1903. He lives in Kingston, Ontario.
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In doing research for I Just Ran: Percy Williams, World's Fastest Human,
I collected far more material than could be included in a
single volume. This is one of the realities of writing a book: that
a mass of interesting things that took considerable effort to
collect have to be figuratively left on the
cutting room floor. Rather than leave this material mouldering in
a box in my basement, I've decided to post some of it here,
organized in chronological order. There are photos, letters, newspaper
clippings, diary entries, cables--all sorts of things relating to
Percy's life. I hope you find them as fascinating as I do. Much
of this material is from the Percy Williams Collection at the BC Sports
Hall of Fame and Museum in Vancouver. I owe the Hall and in particular
curator Jason Beck a special debt of thanks for granting me access to
its valuable collection. |
| Childhood |
| High School |
| Road to the Olympics |
| 1928 Canadian Olympic Trials Newsreel |
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1928 Amsterdam Olympics (Part 1) |
| Percy's Letters, July-August 1928 |
| 1928 Amsterdam Olympics (Part 2) |
| 1929 Indoor Tour |
| World's Fastest Human |
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1930 Empire Games Newsreel |
| Interview with Percy Williams, June 1931 |
| From Empire Games to LA Olympics |
| Later Life and Today |
| Eddie Tolan's Hard Times |
| "In Praise of Percy Williams" |
| A Little Footnote |
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