Game faces [[electronic resource] ] : five early American champions and the sports they changed / / Thomas H. Pauly
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Pauly Thomas H
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Game faces [[electronic resource] ] : five early American champions and the sports they changed / / Thomas H. Pauly
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| 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 |
| ISBN: | 1-280-68771-1 |
| 9786613664655 | |
| 0-8032-4051-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910461827103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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