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Language: en
Pages: 254
Pages: 254
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005-07-22 - Publisher: University of Missouri Press
America in 1904 was a nation bristling with energy and confidence. Inspired by Theodore Roosevelt, the nation’s young, spirited, and athletic president, a spo
Language: en
Pages: 490
Pages: 490
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-12-01 - Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
One of the more problematic sport spectacles in American history took place at the 1904 World?s Fair in St. Louis, which included the third modern Olympic Games
Language: en
Pages: 215
Pages: 215
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-06-05 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
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
Language: en
Pages: 254
Pages: 254
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-02-04 - Publisher: Simon and Schuster
In this “must-read for anyone concerned with race, sports, and politics in America” (William C. Rhoden, New York Times bestselling author), the inspirationa
Language: en
Pages: 290
Pages: 290
Type: BOOK - Published: 1998 - Publisher: University of Illinois Press
One day in front of the television would convince any alien that the entirety of American culture is built around sports. Politics and business are abustle with