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Game faces [[electronic resource] ] : five early American champions and the sports they changed / / Thomas H. Pauly



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Autore: Pauly Thomas H Visualizza persona
Titolo: Game faces [[electronic resource] ] : five early American champions and the sports they changed / / Thomas H. Pauly Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2012
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (264 p.)
Disciplina: 796.0922
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Soggetto topico: Athletes - United States
Sports - United States - History - 19th century
Sports - United States - History - 20th century
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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
Sommario/riassunto: 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
Titolo autorizzato: Game faces  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-280-68771-1
9786613664655
0-8032-4051-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910461827103321
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