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Author Webster, F. A. M. (Frederick Annesley Michael), 1886-1949

Title The evolution of the Olympic games 1829 B.C.-1914 A.D., / by F. A. M. Webster .. With one hundred pen-and-ink sketches, six photographs, and two reproductions from old prints, and with a preface by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ... and an introduction by His Grace the Duke of Somerset..

Publication Info. London : Heath, Cranton, & Ouseley, ltd., [pref. 1914]

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Description 1 online resource (304 pages).
Series The Olympic Games anthology
The Olympic Games anthology.
BiblioBoard Core module.
Note Original document: Book.
Summary Have you ever wondered how the Olympic Games evolved from an religious-rooted athletic competition held in ancient Greece to one of the world's most celebrated sporting events in the 20th and 21st centuries? In this 1914 volume, English javelin champion F.A.M. Webster traces the history of the Olympics from its beginnings in ancient Greece to the earliest Games of the modern era. Sections of particular interest include a preface by famed Sherlock Holmes author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, an overview of athletic competitions in the centuries between the ancient and modern Games, and a look ahead to the 1916 Berlin Olympics (which were eventually cancelled due to the hostilities of World War I).
Note GMD: electronic resource.
Subject Olympics.
Athletics -- History.
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