Game Faces - Five Early American Champions and the Sports They Changed

Informationen zum Autor Thomas H. Pauly is a recently retired professor of American literature at the University of Delaware. He is the author of Zane Grey: His Life, His Adventures, His Women and American Odyssey: Elia Kazan and American Culture. Klappentext Thomas H. Pauly is a recently retired professor of American literature at the University of Delaware. He is the author of Zane Grey: His Life, His Adventures, His Women and American Odyssey: Elia Kazan and American Culture. Zusammenfassung Depicts five important yet nearly forgotten athletes who had a transformative effect on their sports and the evolution of sports in general. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1. Tom Stevens: Bicycling and the Obstacle of Amateurism2. Fanny Bullock Workman: Mountaineering as Science and News3. Bill Reid: The Play That Changed Football4. May Sutton: California's Intrusion on Women's Tennis5. Barney Oldfield: People's Champion and Threat to Early Automobile RacingEpilogueAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Thomas H Pauly, Thomas H. Pauly
• Editore: University of Nebraska Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.04.2012
• EAN: 9780803238176
• ISBN: 978-0-8032-3817-6
• Pagine: 264
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Sport > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie, manuali, annuari, storia; Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia della cultura