America''s First Olympics - The St. Louis Games of 1904

Presents a fresh view of the 1904 Olympic Games, which featured first-time African American Olympians, an eccentric and controversial marathon, and documentation by pioneering photojournalist Jessie Tarbox Beals. This is an excellent overview of the St. Louis Olympics over a six-month period.

About the author

George R. Matthews, writer and sports historian, is Director of Athletics at Sage Ridge School in Reno, Nevada. He has published articles in the Journal of Sports History and the Journal of Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance and is the author of A Complete Guide to the Wabash Trace Nature Trail and St. Louis Olympics 1904, a collection of photographs.

Summary

Presents a fresh view of the 1904 Olympic Games, which featured first-time African American Olympians, an eccentric and controversial marathon, and documentation by pioneering photojournalist Jessie Tarbox Beals. This is an excellent overview of the St. Louis Olympics over a six-month period.

Product details

• Authors: George R Matthews, George R. Matthews
• Publisher: University of Missouri Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2018
• EAN: 9780826221810
• ISBN: 978-0-8262-2181-0
• No. of pages: 277
• Series: Sports & American Culture; Sports and American Culture
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > General, dictionaries, handbooks, yearbooks, history; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous