Game Faces Five Early American Champions and the Sports They Changed.
This compelling blend of biography and cultural history depicts five important yet nearly forgotten athletes from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who had a transformative effect on their sports and on the evolution of sports in general. Tom Stevens was the first man to ride a bicyc...
| Основен автор: | Pauly, Thomas H. |
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| Формат: | Електронен |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Lincoln :
UNP - Nebraska Paperback,
2012.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=459434 |
| Подобни документи: |
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Game Faces : Five Early American Champions and the Sports They Changed. |
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This compelling blend of biography and cultural history depicts five important yet nearly forgotten athletes from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who had a transformative effect on their sports and on the evolution of sports in general. Tom Stevens was the first man to ride a bicycle, "a high wheeler," around the world (1884-87). Fanny Bullock Workman completed seven expeditions into the Himalayas between 1898 and 1912. Bill Reid, a Harvard football coach and one of the game's first professionals, played a key role in saving the sport from a national movement to abolish it in. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (264 pages) |
| ISBN: |
9780803240513 0803240511 |