Author: Richard Kyle FoxPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rowing
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Edward Hanlan, America's Champion Oarsman, with History and Portrait
Author: Richard Kyle FoxPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rowing
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Edward Hanlan, America's Champion Oarsman, With History And Portrait
Author: Richard Kyle FoxPublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781021591616
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book is a biography of Edward Hanlan and Edward A. Trickett, two of the greatest oarsmen of the 19th century. It covers their careers and achievements, including their legendary 1880 race on the Thames. A must-read for sports enthusiasts and lovers of history. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Fight Sports and American Masculinity
Author: Christopher David ThrasherPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476618232
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Throughout America's past, some men have feared the descent of their gender into effeminacy, and turned their eyes to the ring in hopes of salvation. This work explains how the dominant fight sports in the United States have changed over time in response to broad shifts in American culture and ideals of manhood, and presents a narrative of American history as seen from the bars, gyms, stadiums and living rooms of the heartland. Ordinary Americans were the agents who supported and participated in fight sports and determined its vision of masculinity. This work counters the economic determinism prevalent in studies of American fight sports, which overemphasize profit as the driving force in the popularization of these sports. The author also disputes previous scholarship's domestic focus, with an appreciation of how American fight sports are connected to the rest of the world.
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
The Triumph of the Amateurs
Author: William LanouettePublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493052772
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
The Triumph of the Amateurs is the story of the lost world or professional rowing in America, a sport that attracted crowds of thousands, widespread betting, and ultimately corruption that foretold its doom. It centers on the colorful careers of two New York City Irish boys, the Biglin brothers John and Barney, now long forgotten save for Thomas Eakins's portraits of them in their shell. If the bestseller The Boys in the Boat portrayed the good guys of the U.S.’s 1936 Olympic crew, the Biglins, along with their colleagues and successors, were the Bad Boys in the Boat. Rascals abounded on and off the water, where rowdy fans often outdid modern soccer thugs in violence, betting was rampant—as was fixing—and spectators in the tens of thousands came out to see it all. The Triumph of the Amateurs traces the sport from its rise in the years before the Civil War on through the Gilded Age to its scandalous demise and eventual transition into a purely amateur sport. In addition, Barney Biglin’s later career as holder of sinecures offers a colorful glimpse into late 19th-century New York City political corruption. Illustrated with 40 black and white and color illustrations, including Thomas Eakins's famous paintings of the Biglin brothers rowing on the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia in 1872.
Contemporary Authors
Author: The American Catalogue
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 762
Book Description
American national trade bibliography.
The Publishers' Trade List Annual
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Publishers'
Languages : en
Pages : 1830
Book Description
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