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UNINA9910790499703321 |
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Autore |
Pauly Thomas H |
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Titolo |
Game faces [[electronic resource] ] : five early American champions and the sports they changed / / Thomas H. Pauly |
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Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-68771-1 |
9786613664655 |
0-8032-4051-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (264 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Athletes - United States |
Sports - United States - History - 19th century |
Sports - United States - History - 20th century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction; 1 . Tom Stevens; 2. Fanny Bullock Workman; 3. Bill Reid; 4. May Sutton; 5. Barney Oldfield; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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