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Author : William Clarke
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Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Boy's Own Book written by William Clarke and published by . This book was released on 1829 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 648 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (26 download)
Download or read book The Boy's Own Book; a Complete Encyclopædia of All the Diversions ... of Boyhood and Youth. By William Clarke written by and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William Clarke
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Total Pages : 376 pages
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Download or read book The Boy's Own Book Extended written by William Clarke and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William Clarke
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Total Pages : 232 pages
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Download or read book The Little Boy's Own Book of Sports and Pastimes written by William Clarke and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William Clarke
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Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book Boy's Own Book written by William Clarke and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Block
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803262553
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (625 download)
Download or read book Baseball Before We Knew It written by David Block and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2006-03-01 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It may be America?s game, but no one seems to know how or when baseball really started. Theories abound, myths proliferate, but reliable information has been in short supply?until now, when Baseball before We Knew It brings fresh new evidence of baseball?s origins into play. David Block looks into the early history of the game and of the 150-year-old debate about its beginnings. He tackles one stubborn misconception after another, debunking the enduring belief that baseball descended from the English game of rounders and revealing a surprising new explanation for the most notorious myth of all?the Abner Doubleday?Cooperstown story. ø Block?s book takes readers on an exhilarating journey through the centuries in search of clues to the evolution of our modern National Pastime. Among his startling discoveries is a set of long-forgotten baseball rules from the 1700s. Block evaluates the originality and historical significance of the Knickerbocker rules of 1845, revisits European studies on the ancestry of baseball which indicate that the game dates back hundreds, if not thousands of years, and assembles a detailed history of games and pastimes from the Middle Ages onward that contributed to baseball?s development. In its thoroughness and reach, and its extensive descriptive bibliography of early baseball sources, this book is a unique and invaluable resource?a comprehensive, reliable, and readable account of baseball before it was America?s game.
Author : Faculty of Advocates (Scotland). Library
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Total Pages : 838 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Library of the Faculty of Advocates written by Faculty of Advocates (Scotland). Library and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 838 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 374 pages
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Download or read book Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Library of the Faculty of Advocates written by and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Chris Murray
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1496807405
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (968 download)
Download or read book The British Superhero written by Chris Murray and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2017-03-15 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chris Murray reveals the largely unknown and rather surprising history of the British superhero. It is often thought that Britain did not have its own superheroes, yet Murray demonstrates that there were a great many in Britain and that they were often used as a way to comment on the relationship between Britain and America. Sometimes they emulated the style of American comics, but they also frequently became sites of resistance to perceived American political and cultural hegemony, drawing upon satire and parody as a means of critique. Murray illustrates that the superhero genre is a blend of several influences, and that in British comics these influences were quite different from those in America, resulting in some contrasting approaches to the figure of the superhero. He identifies the origins of the superhero and supervillain in nineteenth-century popular culture such as the penny dreadfuls and boys' weeklies and in science fiction writing of the 1920s and 1930s. He traces the emergence of British superheroes in the 1940s, the advent of "fake" American comics, and the reformatting of reprinted material. Murray then chronicles the British Invasion of the 1980s and the pivotal roles in American superhero comics and film production held by British artists today. This book will challenge views about British superheroes and the comics creators who fashioned them. Murray brings to light a gallery of such comics heroes as the Amazing Mr X, Powerman, Streamline, Captain Zenith, Electroman, Mr Apollo, Masterman, Captain Universe, Marvelman, Kelly's Eye, Steel Claw, the Purple Hood, Captain Britain, Supercats, Bananaman, Paradax, Jack Staff, and SuperBob. He reminds us of the significance of many such creators and artists as Len Fullerton, Jock McCail, Jack Glass, Denis Gifford, Bob Monkhouse, Dennis M. Reader, Mick Anglo, Brendan McCarthy, Alan Moore, Grant Morrison, Dave Gibbons, and Mark Millar.
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Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (4 download)
Download or read book Bibliography of American Imprints to 1901: Subject index written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Edward J. Rielly
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803290051
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (9 download)
Download or read book Baseball written by Edward J. Rielly and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baseball: An Encyclopedia of Popular Culture looks at American society through the prism of its favorite pastime, discussing not only the game itself but a variety of topics with significance beyond the diamond. Its 269 entries, which vary in length from two hundred to twenty-five hundred words, explore the game?s intersection with race, gender, art, drug abuse, entertainment, business, gambling, movies, and the shift from rural to urban society. ø Filled with larger-than-life characters, baseball legends, sports facts and firsts, important milestones, and observations about daily life and popular culture, this encyclopedia is not only an excellent reference source but also an enjoyable book to browse.
Author : Harold Seymour
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198020007
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (98 download)
Download or read book Baseball written by Harold Seymour and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1960-12-31 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now available in paperback, Harold Seymour and Dorothy Seymour Mills' Baseball: The Early Years recounts the true story of how baseball came into being and how it developed into a highly organized business and social institution. The Early Years, traces the growth of baseball from the time of the first recorded ball game at Valley Forge during the revolution until the formation of the two present-day major leagues in 1903. By investigating previously unknown sources, the book uncovers the real story of how baseball evolved from a gentleman's amateur sport of "well-bred play followed by well-laden banquet tables" into a professional sport where big leagues operate under their own laws. Offering countless anecdotes and a wealth of new information, the authors explode many cherished myths, including the one which claims that Abner Doubleday "invented" baseball in 1839. They describe the influence of baseball on American business, manners, morals, social institutions, and even show business, as well as depicting the types of men who became the first professional ball players, club owners, and managers, including Spalding, McGraw, Comiskey, and Connie Mack. Note: On August 2, 2010, Oxford University Press made public that it would credit Dorothy Seymour Mills as co-author of the three baseball histories previously "authored" solely by her late husband, Harold Seymour. The Seymours collaborated on Baseball: The Early Years (1960), Baseball: The Golden Age (1971) and Baseball: The People's Game (1991).
Author : James T. Costa
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691233802
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)
Download or read book Radical by Nature written by James T. Costa and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2025-01-07 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major biography of the brilliant naturalist, traveler, humanitarian, and codiscoverer of natural selection Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913) was perhaps the most famed naturalist of the Victorian age. His expeditions to remote Amazonia and southeast Asia were the stuff of legend. A collector of thousands of species new to science, he shared in the discovery of natural selection and founded the discipline of evolutionary biogeography. Radical by Nature tells the story of Wallace’s epic life and achievements, from his stellar rise from humble origins to his complicated friendship with Charles Darwin and other leading scientific lights of Britain to his devotion to social causes and movements that threatened to alienate him from scientific society. James Costa draws on letters, notebooks, and journals to provide a multifaceted account of a revolutionary life in science as well as Wallace’s family life. He shows how the self-taught Wallace doggedly pursued bold, even radical ideas that caused a seismic shift in the natural sciences, and how he also courted controversy with nonscientific pursuits such as spiritualism and socialism. Costa describes Wallace’s courageous social advocacy of women’s rights, labor reform, and other important issues. He also sheds light on Wallace’s complex relationship with Darwin, describing how Wallace graciously applauded his friend and rival, becoming one of his most ardent defenders. Weaving a revelatory narrative with the latest scholarship, Radical by Nature paints a mesmerizing portrait of a multifaceted thinker driven by a singular passion for science, a commitment to social justice, and a lifelong sense of wonder.
Author : Ron McFarland
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476662320
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)
Download or read book Edward J. Steptoe and the Indian Wars written by Ron McFarland and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-02-03 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lieutenant Colonel Edward J. Steptoe's escape from encirclement by 1,000 Northern Plateau Indians in 1858 is a familiar story from the Indian Wars. Yet the details of the Battle of Pine Creek (or Tohotonimme) and its aftermath remain subjects of debate. Outnumbered six to one, Steptoe's 164 troops slipped away in the night. Newspapers called it a "disaster." A few weeks later, Colonel George Wright avenged the defeat and Steptoe, who had suffered a stroke months before the battle, lived his final years in relative obscurity in his native Virginia as the Civil War erupted. This definitive biography of Steptoe chronicles the career of a field officer who served nearly four years in the Second Seminole War, won commendation for gallantry during the Mexican War, performed admirably (though controversially) in the Utah Territory, undertook construction of forts at Walla Walla in the newly defined Washington Territory and engaged with various tribes throughout his deployments. His personal letters reveal a thoughtful, sensitive commander who came to question his choice of career even before his final battle.
Author : Brian D. Bunk
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252052781
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)
Download or read book From Football to Soccer written by Brian D. Bunk and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2021-08-24 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rediscovering soccer's long history in the U.S. Across North America, native peoples and colonists alike played a variety of kicking games long before soccer's emergence in the late 1800s. Brian D. Bunk examines the development and social impact of these sports through the rise of professional soccer after World War I. As he shows, the various games called football gave women an outlet as athletes and encouraged men to form social bonds based on educational experience, occupation, ethnic identity, or military service. Football also followed young people to college as higher education expanded in the nineteenth century. University play, along with the arrival of immigrants from the British Isles, helped spark the creation of organized soccer in the United States—and the beautiful game's transformation into a truly international sport. A multilayered look at one game’s place in American life, From Football to Soccer refutes the notion of the U.S. as a land outside of football history.
Author : Tony Collins
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415352246
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (522 download)
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Traditional British Rural Sports written by Tony Collins and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing a social, economic and political study of field sports and those other activities and customs labelled as rural sports, from the earliest of times to the present day in all of the United Kingdom and Ireland. This book brings together several distinct types of traditional rural sports with particular emphasis on the social history and 'traditional' aspects. It contains several hundred entries focusing on individual sports and others providing analysis of key concepts, themes and terminologies. The Encyclopedia of Traditional British Rural Sports is an invaluable reference that provides students, scholars and sports enthusiasts with a focussed and authoritative source of information on the history and culture of rural sport in Britain.
Author : Leslie Stephen
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Total Pages : 1418 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Dictionary of National Biography written by Leslie Stephen and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 1418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
