| Description |
x, 285 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-273) and index. |
| Contents |
"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. |
| Summary |
"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"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Olympic Games (1st : 1896 : Athens, Greece)
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Olympics -- History -- 19th century.
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Olympics -- Revival, 1896-
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| ISBN |
9780762778485: $24.95 |
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0762778482 |
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