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Igniting the flame: America's first olympic team

By Jim , Reisler

Book information

Publisher
Lyons Press
Year
2012
ISBN
9780762786596, 0762786590
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (1793108 bytes)
Pages
(x, 285 pages) : illustrations\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
American -- History -- 19th century;Athletes -- UnAmerican--History--19th century;SPORTS & RECREATIOAthletes--United States--History--19th century;HIS

Description

"The story of the fourteen men - largely forgotten and never the subject of a full-length book - who created the American Olympic movement by winning eleven gold medals at the first modern Olympics in 1896 in Athens, timed for publication leading up to the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials and the 2012 Olympics in London"--;"Nothing more than a glorified pickup squad" -- "Games at Athens? What games?" -- A rousing start -- The Baron -- "All were stupefied" -- "Lithe forms and springy steps" -- "Most gratifying to every Princeton man" -- "Man of many parts" -- Smoking guns -- "A foreigner should not win this race!" -- "Jesu Christo! I'm freezing!" -- "Rah! rah! rah! Ellas, Ellas, Ellas, Zito!" -- "A set of men that the nation may well feel proud of" -- "Good feelings and fellowship predominated" -- Appendix. 1896 Olympic results.

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