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Hometown Victory

Author : Keanon Lowe
Publisher : Flatiron Books
ISBN 13 : 1250807646
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (58 download)

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Download or read book Hometown Victory written by Keanon Lowe and published by Flatiron Books. This book was released on 2022-05-10 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Blindside meets Friday Night Lights in Keanon Lowe's Hometown Victory when an NFL coach returns home after losing a friend to coach a team of struggling high school kids on a 23-game losing streak. Keanon Lowe was working as an offensive analyst for the San Francisco 49ers when his childhood friend and former high school teammate suddenly died from an opioid overdose. Keanon dropped everything––including the plum NFL job he had been working towards since childhood––leading him to a position as football coach at a struggling high school back in his hometown. At the time, Parkrose High School was in the middle of a 23-game losing streak--they were the ultimate underdogs. In many ways, the road to Parkrose was paved by Keanon's life-defining experiences––from a childhood spent dodging racist bullies and finding the support and mentorship he craved on the football team, to an NFL season where he worked closely with Colin Kaepernick as he evolved his sideline protest. Keanon was drawn to the young men on the Parkrose team, and to the school itself. After two years, he pushed them to become conference champions, mentoring countless players along the way. But still, there was that nagging sense that his calling wasn't meant to stop there. He was at that school for a reason. In May 2019, he got his answer when a 19-year-old student entered a Parkrose classroom with a trench coat and shotgun. Keanon disarmed him and pulled the boy into a hug, telling him he cared. In the boy, Keanon saw himself, and the young men he grew up with or mentored along the way––and weren't so many of them just looking for acceptance, for comfort, for love? With the heart of favorite football classics––The Blindside, Friday Night Lights, Remember the Titans––Keanon’s journey at Parkrose is the true account of a life spent striving forward, even when faced with the unimaginable. Hometown Victory is a story about gratitude, service, and most of all, hope.

Hometown Victory

Author : Keanon Lowe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1250807654
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (58 download)

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Download or read book Hometown Victory written by Keanon Lowe and published by . This book was released on 2023-08-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Blindside meets Friday Night Lights in Keanon Lowe's Hometown Victory when an NFL coach returns home after losing a friend to coach a team of struggling high school kids on a 23-game losing streak. Keanon Lowe was working as an offensive analyst for the San Francisco 49ers when his childhood friend and former high school teammate suddenly died from an opioid overdose. Keanon dropped everything––including the plum NFL job he had been working towards since childhood––leading him to a position as football coach at a struggling high school back in his hometown. At the time, Parkrose High School was in the middle of a 23-game losing streak--they were the ultimate underdogs. In many ways, the road to Parkrose was paved by Keanon's life-defining experiences––from a childhood spent dodging racist bullies and finding the support and mentorship he craved on the football team, to an NFL season where he worked closely with Colin Kaepernick as he evolved his sideline protest. Keanon was drawn to the young men on the Parkrose team, and to the school itself. After two years, he pushed them to become conference champions, mentoring countless players along the way. But still, there was that nagging sense that his calling wasn't meant to stop there. He was at that school for a reason. In May 2019, he got his answer when a 19-year-old student entered a Parkrose classroom with a trench coat and shotgun. Keanon disarmed him and pulled the boy into a hug, telling him he cared. In the boy, Keanon saw himself, and the young men he grew up with or mentored along the way––and weren't so many of them just looking for acceptance, for comfort, for love? With the heart of favorite football classics––The Blindside, Friday Night Lights, Remember the Titans––Keanon’s journey at Parkrose is the true account of a life spent striving forward, even when faced with the unimaginable. Hometown Victory is a story about gratitude, service, and most of all, hope.

Hometown Victory

Author : Keanon Lowe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (857 download)

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Download or read book Hometown Victory written by Keanon Lowe and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Blindside meets Friday Night Lights in Keanon Lowe's Hometown Victory when an NFL coach returns home after losing a friend to opiods to coach a team of struggling high school kids on a 23-game losing streak. Keanon Lowe was working as an offensive analyst for the San Francisco 49ers when his childhood friend and former high school teammate suddenly died from an opioid overdose. Keanon dropped everything--including the plum NFL job he had been working towards since childhood--leading him to a position as football coach at a struggling high school back in his hometown. At the time, Parkrose High School was in the middle of a 23-game losing streak--they were the ultimate underdogs. In many ways, the road to Parkrose was paved by Keanon's life-defining experiences--from a childhood spent dodging racist bullies and finding the support and mentorship he craved on the football team, to an NFL season where he worked closely with Colin Kaepernick as he evolved his sideline protest. Keanon was drawn to the young men on the Parkrose team, and to the school itself. After two years, he pushed them to become conference champions, mentoring countless players along the way. But still, there was that nagging sense that his calling wasn't meant to stop there. He was at that school for a reason. In May 2019, he got his answer when a 19-year-old student entered a Parkrose classroom with a trench coat and shotgun. Keanon disarmed him and pulled the boy into a hug, telling him he cared. In the boy, Keanon saw himself, and the young men he grew up with or mentored along the way--and weren't so many of them just looking for acceptance, for comfort, for love? With the heart of favorite football classics--The Blindside, Friday Night Lights, Remember the Titans--Keanon's journey at Parkrose is the true account of a life spent striving forward, even when faced with the unimaginable. Hometown Victory is a story about gratitude, service, and most of all, hope"--

Hometown

Author : Peter Davis
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
ISBN 13 : 9781476766911
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (669 download)

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Download or read book Hometown written by Peter Davis and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 2013-11-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illuminating the experiences of life in small-town America, award-winning writer for CBS News Peter Davis pens an ode to a small town thirty miles north of Cincinnati—documenting its strengths and struggles over the course of a year. After a scandal involving a high school teacher caught his interest, award-winning news writer Peter Davis spent a year studying life in Hamilton, Ohio. While examining the small town during an intense time of change, including segregation of schools and economic decline, Davis shares an honest, full scope view of the life in a small town during the 1960s. Hometown takes readers into the forces that unite and divide the small-town community of Hamilton through a look at politics, sports, marriage, crime, and social lives in a variety of classes.

Booker T: My Rise To Wrestling Royalty

Author : Booker T Huffman
Publisher : Medallion Media Group
ISBN 13 : 1605427055
Total Pages : 463 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (54 download)

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Download or read book Booker T: My Rise To Wrestling Royalty written by Booker T Huffman and published by Medallion Media Group. This book was released on 2012-11-01 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Lost Touch of Bliss Cain Veuxfort, Earl of Hawksdown, followed duty and broke Amice de Monceaux’s heart five years ago. But now he needs her. Amice is a Spirit Goddess, able to help restless souls move on, and Cain needs a ghost to leave his castle. When Cain offers Amice an Italian villa on the sea, Amice agrees to help. But there is more going on at Castle Falcon’s Craig than a simple haunting and more than one tragic tale of unrequited love. Yet to set things right for both the living and the dead, Cain and Amice must move beyond their past. A Lost Touch of Paradise Lugh MacKeir, Laird of Tunvegan, finds himself in a battle he cannot win. His precious daughter is dying of the same illness that claimed his wife. The Isle of Parraba is a whispered legend, a place rumored to be ruled by a sorceress, an isle no one can reach. Yet legend speaks of a powerful healer as well. Lugh MacKeir, desperate, determines he will find Parraba and face its mysterious ruler. Iosobal is the Lady of Parraba, mystical and magical, a woman apart from the world around her, but the child’s illness defies Iosobal’s skill. The secret to saving Lugh’s daughter lies in Iosobal’s ability to open her heart to a brash warrior who has invaded her tranquil sanctuary. A Lost Touch of Innocence Piers Veuxfort touched a magic crystal and freed the essence of wicked Fin Man, who now resides within Piers. A surprise for Piers arrives at Falcon’s Craig Castle: a bride who was raised to be a nun and views him as something just short of the devil. What can he do but send her back? Condemned for her “sight,” Giselle St. Germain’s is thrown out of the nunnery. Piers is devoted to his pleasures and increasingly displays a dark side. What’s a girl to do but cling more tightly to what she knows? A Lost Touch of Magic Paroseea dwells hidden within the stone walls of a medieval fortress, Castle MacCoinneach. Yet danger has escaped paradise and stalks the halls seeking vengeance. Padruig MacCoinneach will do anything to save his clan. He never expected he would have to marry his ally’s daughter, whom he deems both a reckless child and a potent temptation. Aimili de Grantham has long admired Padruig, but a dismissive stranger has replaced the golden man of her dreams. Worse, the fey part of her senses that evil lurks in the shadows of Castle MacCoinneach, and she has nowhere to turn.

Duty and Sentiment

Author : Eiji Yamamura
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9811697671
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (116 download)

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Download or read book Duty and Sentiment written by Eiji Yamamura and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-02-24 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an exploration that shows us how sentiment and duty form the core of Japanese culture. It looks at how the combination of common sense, culture, and social norms influence people’s ways of thinking and behavior. Although the focus is Japan in looking at these interrelationships, the author draws on his experience and knowledge of other countries from his days before graduate school, when he traveled the world as a backpacker. Now, from the world of academia, he uses his knowledge of economic analysis to consider the similarities and differences in human behavior among countries and cultures. The wide-ranging scope of the book takes in marital life, education, sports, business, and culture in modern Japanese society. Why, for instance, does linguistic heterogeneity generally have negative effects on FIFA rankings of national soccer teams, and what does this have to do with the difficulty of technology transfer among businesses in multilingual countries? Why was the demand for the film Bohemian Rhapsody, about the British rock group Queen, so high in Japan? How do Kazuo Ishiguro’s novels resemble scenarios related to Japan’s long-term public finance prospects? How does the depiction of contemporary life compared with “the old days” in the films of Yasujiro Ozu provide a cautionary tale for aging societies today? How are older people with grandchildren more likely to accept tax increases to support future generations? And how is the Japanese government actively drawing on behavioral economics to appeal to public sentiment to contain the spread of COVID-19. These and a multitude of other questions are tackled by the backpacker who entered academia to become an economist and who now goes on a journey to find the answers. Readers can take the trip with him under his expert guidance, as he artfully combines sentiment, duty, and economic analysis.

Myth, Locality, and Identity in Pindar's Sicilian Odes

Author : Virginia M. Lewis
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0190910313
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book Myth, Locality, and Identity in Pindar's Sicilian Odes written by Virginia M. Lewis and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2019-09-12 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Myth, Locality, and Identity argues that Pindar engages in a striking, innovative style of mythmaking that represents and shapes Sicilian identities in his epinician odes for Sicilian victors in the fifth century BCE. While Sicily has been thought to be lacking in local traditions for Pindar to celebrate, Lewis argues that the Sicilian odes offer examples of the formation of local traditions: the monster Typho whom Zeus defeated to become king of the gods, for example, now lives beneath Mt. Aitna; Persephone receives the island of Sicily as a gift from Zeus; and the Peloponnesian river Alpheos travels to Syracuse in pursuit of the local spring nymph Arethusa. By weaving regional and Panhellenic myth into the local landscape, as the book shows, Pindar infuses physical places with meaning and thereby contextualizes people, cities, and their rulers within a wider Greek framework. During this time period, Greek Sicily experienced a unique set of political circumstances: the inhabitants were continuously being displaced, cities were founded and resettled, and political leaders rose and fell from power in rapid succession. This book offers the first sustained analysis of myth in Pindar's odes for Sicilian victors across the island that accounts for their shared context. The nodes of myth and place that Pindar fuses in this poetry reinforce and develop a sense of place and community for citizens locally; at the same time, they raise the profile of physical sites and the cities attached to them for larger audiences across the Greek world. In addition to providing new readings of Pindaric odes and offering a model for the formation of Sicilian identities in the first half of the fifth century, the book contributes new insights into current debates on the relationship between myth and place in classical literature.

Jet

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jet written by and published by . This book was released on 1955-11-03 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The weekly source of African American political and entertainment news.

Before You Go

Author : Matthew Bennett
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 1430088591
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Before You Go written by Matthew Bennett and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 2024-06-04 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you preparing to take the gospel to the nations? You’ve said “yes” to God’s call to go, and now you will pack up your things and step into the unknown of a new location, people, and culture. The following years will likely include great joy, frustration, homesickness, difficulty, and excitement. In this book, ten men who have served in missions in various ways share what they wish they had known before they began. This book is a handbook for entering the mission field, including essays on: Discerning Your Calling Leaving What You Love Identity and Task Integrity and Accountability Serving Well as a Team Prayer and Evangelism Going Single Family & Mission The Fellowship of the Suffering Spiritual Patterns of a Missionary

I Pledge Allegiance

Author : David Crump
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467449458
Total Pages : 391 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (674 download)

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Download or read book I Pledge Allegiance written by David Crump and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2018-02-01 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it really mean for Christians to live as faithful kingdom citizens in today’s world? Bitter partisan conflict. State-sanctioned torture. Economic injustice. Ethical corruption. Even a cursory glance over daily news headlines shows a stark contrast between the American political state and the kingdom of heaven. Where, then, does the Christian’s ultimate allegiance lie? In I Pledge Allegiance David Crump issues a clarion call to Jesus’s twenty-first-century disciples, stirring them up to heed God's word and live out their kingdom citizenship here on earth. Closely examining the ethical teachings of Jesus and his apostles in the New Testament and using real-world examples to illustrate the vital issues at stake, Crump challenges Christians to embrace the radical, counterintuitive, upside-down way of Jesus—a way of living and thinking that turns the world’s values on their head, smashes through stale political and cultural conventions, and welcomes God’s kingdom into the very heart of our shared society.

The Red Sox Before the Babe

Author : Donald Hubbard
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786454636
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book The Red Sox Before the Babe written by Donald Hubbard and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Until 2004, when the Boston Red Sox won their first World Series Championship in 86 years, the team had been plagued by the Curse of the Bambino, a mythical drought attributed to the team's loss of Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees. Though Ruth was a star pitcher in Boston, he was merely continuing a 14-year tradition of the club's strong arms and bats. With rosters that included Cy Young, Jimmy Collins, Jesse Burkett, Jack Chesbro, Big Bill Dinneen, Smoky Joe Wood and Tris Speaker, among others, the young franchise powered its way to three pennants and a couple of world championships before Babe arrived in Beantown. This book covers the team's early years from the diamond to the executive offices.

Generation of Swine

Author : Hunter S. Thompson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743250443
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (432 download)

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Download or read book Generation of Swine written by Hunter S. Thompson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2003-11-06 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In these incendiary essays, Thompson lambastes the greed, depravity, and decadence of America in the 1980s.

The Madison Regatta

Author : Fred Farley
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625842309
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (258 download)

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Download or read book The Madison Regatta written by Fred Farley and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2011-06-14 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each summer, a small miracle occurs in southern Indiana, when the little town of Madison becomes the hydroplane racing capital of the world as 100,000-plus people flock in for the Madison Regatta. The townsfolk, not merely content to host, also own the Miss Madison, one of the most successful hydroplanes on the circuit. In recent years, Miss Madison has emerged as the top hydroplane in the world, winning both the driver and hydroplane points standing multiple times. Roar down the Ohio with Fred Farley and Ron Harsin and revisit the long history of racing in this town and the sixty-plus years of the Madison Regatta.

100m Sprints: Get to the Finish Line Fast with History, Strategies, Techniques, and More

Author : Tavin D. Spicer
Publisher : Xspurts.com
ISBN 13 : 1776847741
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (768 download)

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Download or read book 100m Sprints: Get to the Finish Line Fast with History, Strategies, Techniques, and More written by Tavin D. Spicer and published by Xspurts.com. This book was released on 2023-01-01 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Every sprinter has a story, a race, a record, and a relentless will to win." Embark on a thrilling journey through the exhilarating world of 100m sprints with "100m Get to the Finish Line Fast with History, Strategies, Techniques, and More." This comprehensive guide dives deep into the captivating history, legendary sprinters, and global impact of the ultimate speed event in athletics. This book charts the evolution of the 100m sprint, from its roots in the ancient Olympics to its modern iteration, where athletes like Usain Bolt and Florence Griffith-Joyner have shattered records and set new pinnacles of human speed. Understand the rules and regulations that govern the race and learn about major competitions that every sprinter aspires to conquer. "100m Sprints" offers an in-depth analysis of the techniques and strategies that differentiate a good sprinter from a great one. Learn about starting position tips, building explosive power, and mastering the perfect running form. Explore the unique middle and end race techniques that can give you the winning edge on the track. Dive into the science of speed, including the principles of maximum velocity, stride length and frequency, and the psychology of sprinting. The book also provides race strategies and shares secret tips from elite sprinters to help you elevate your performance. Delve into the importance of injury prevention, recovery, and the right gear. Discover a variety of sprinting shoes and learn how advances in sports technology are shaping the future of sprinting. The book offers specific training programs designed for different levels—from beginner sprinters to advanced competitors. Learn about the principles of periodization and training cycles, warm-up routines for sprinters, strength training, plyometric training, and the crucial role of nutrition and supplements. Explore the fascinating discussion on the role of genetics in sprinting and understand how to optimize your genetic potential. Learn how sprinting skills can be applied and beneficial to other sports. The book also demystifies the science of sprinting, touching upon the biomechanics and physiological factors affecting sprint performance. "100m Sprints" is not just about the sprint itself, but also delves into its cultural significance, economic impact, and universal appeal. Whether you're an aspiring sprinter, a seasoned competitor, a coach, or a fan of the sport, "100m Get to the Finish Line Fast with History, Strategies, Techniques, and More" is your comprehensive guide to understanding, appreciating, and excelling in the exhilarating world of 100m sprints. The History of 100m Sprints Ancient Olympics and the stadion race Famous 100m Sprinters World Athletics Championships Rules and Regulations False starts Starting Position Tips Block setup Reaction time Building Explosive Starting Power Plyometric exercises Strength training Power development Running Form Posture Arm action Foot strike How to Run Faster Training principles Speed development Nutrition and recovery Acceleration phase Maintaining form End Race Techniques Over-speed training Technique drills Stride length development Pacing Mental preparation Men's and Women's World Records Injury Prevention and Recovery Warm-up and cool-down routines Training Programs for Different Levels Beginner sprinters Intermediate sprinters Advanced sprinters Lower body exercises Upper body exercises Plyometric Training for Sprinters Nutrition for Sprinters Hydration strategies Comparing 100m Sprints to Other Sprinting Events 200m and 400m sprints Hurdle events Relay races + MORE

From Defeat to Victory

Author : Emily Dotson
Publisher : Destiny Image Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9780768422603
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (226 download)

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Download or read book From Defeat to Victory written by Emily Dotson and published by Destiny Image Incorporated. This book was released on 2004-08-01 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

My Losing Season

Author : Pat Conroy
Publisher : Bantam
ISBN 13 : 0553898183
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (538 download)

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Download or read book My Losing Season written by Pat Conroy and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2003-08-26 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A deeply affecting coming-of-age memoir about family, love, loss, basketball—and life itself—by the beloved author of The Prince of Tides and The Great Santini During one unforgettable season as a Citadel cadet, Pat Conroy becomes part of a basketball team that is ultimately destined to fail. And yet for a military kid who grew up on the move, the Bulldogs provide a sanctuary from the cold, abrasive father who dominates his life—and a crucible for becoming his own man. With all the drama and incandescence of his bestselling fiction, Conroy re-creates his pivotal senior year as captain of the Citadel Bulldogs. He chronicles the highs and lows of that fateful 1966–67 season, his tough disciplinarian coach, the joys of winning, and the hard-won lessons of losing. Most of all, he recounts how a group of boys came together as a team, playing a sport that would become a metaphor for a man whose spirit could never be defeated. Praise for My Losing Season “A superb accomplishment, maybe the finest book Pat Conroy has written.”—The Washington Post Book World “A wonderfully rich memoir that you don’t have to be a sports fan to love.”—Houston Chronicle “A memoir with all the Conroy trademarks . . . Here’s ample proof that losers always tell the best stories.”—Newsweek “In My Losing Season, Conroy opens his arms wide to embrace his difficult past and almost everyone in it.”—New York Daily News “Haunting, bittersweet and as compelling as his bestselling fiction.”—Boston Herald

On Foot

Author : Joseph Amato
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814705308
Total Pages : 581 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)

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Download or read book On Foot written by Joseph Amato and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2004-11-01 with total page 581 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sweeping social history on walking—from humanity's first steps to modern urban pavement pounders "I have met with but one or two persons in the course of my life who understand the art of Walking, that is, of taking walks, who had a genius, so to speak, for sauntering."—Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) " Everything is within walking distance if you have the time."—Stephen Wright (1955-) For approximately six million years, humans have walked the earth. This is the story of how, why, and to what effect we put one foot in front of the other. Walking has been the primary mode of locomotion for humans until very recent times when we began to sit and ride-first on horses and in carriages, then trains and bicycles, and finally cars, trucks, buses, and airplanes-rather than go on foot. The particular way we saunter, clomp, meander, shuffle, plod along, jaunt, tramp, and wander on foot conveys a wealth of information about our identity, condition, and destination. In this fast-stepping social history, Joseph A. Amato takes us on a journey of walking-from the first human migrations to marching Roman legions and ancient Greeks who considered man a "featherless biped"; from trekking medieval pilgrims to strolling courtiers; from urban pavement pounders to ambling window shoppers to suburban mall walkers. Concentrating on walking in Europe and North America and with particular focus on how walking differed according to social class, Amato distinguishes how, where, when, who, what, and under which conditions people moved on foot. He identifies crucial transformations in the history of walking, including the adoption of the horse by the mounted warrior; the rise of public display among European nobility; and the building of roads and transportation systems, which led to the inevitable ascent of the wheel over the foot.