The Resource Game Faces : Five Early American Champions and the Sports They Changed
Game Faces : Five Early American Champions and the Sports They Changed
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The item Game Faces : Five Early American Champions and the Sports They Changed represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
Resource Information
The item Game Faces : Five Early American Champions and the Sports They Changed represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- This compelling blend of biography and cultural history depicts five important yet nearly forgotten athletes from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who had a transformative effect on their sports and on the evolution of sports in general. Tom Stevens was the first man to ride a bicycle, "a high wheeler," around the world (1884-87). Fanny Bullock Workman completed seven expeditions into the Himalayas between 1898 and 1912. Bill Reid, a Harvard football coach and one of the game's first professionals, played a key role in saving the sport from a national movement to abolish it in
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (264 pages)
- Contents
-
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction; 1 . Tom Stevens; 2. Fanny Bullock Workman; 3. Bill Reid; 4. May Sutton; 5. Barney Oldfield; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Isbn
- 9780803240513
- Label
- Game Faces : Five Early American Champions and the Sports They Changed
- Title
- Game Faces
- Title remainder
- Five Early American Champions and the Sports They Changed
- Subject
-
- 1800-1999
- Athletes
- Athletes -- United States -- Biography
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Sports
- Biographies
- Biography
- Biography
- Electronic books
- Electronic books -- Biography | History
- History
- History
- Sports
- Sports -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Sports -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- United States
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This compelling blend of biography and cultural history depicts five important yet nearly forgotten athletes from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who had a transformative effect on their sports and on the evolution of sports in general. Tom Stevens was the first man to ride a bicycle, "a high wheeler," around the world (1884-87). Fanny Bullock Workman completed seven expeditions into the Himalayas between 1898 and 1912. Bill Reid, a Harvard football coach and one of the game's first professionals, played a key role in saving the sport from a national movement to abolish it in
- Cataloging source
- EBLCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Pauly, Thomas H
- Dewey number
- 796.0922
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- GV697 .A1 P353 2012
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Athletes
- Sports
- Sports
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- Athletes
- Sports
- United States
- Label
- Game Faces : Five Early American Champions and the Sports They Changed
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction; 1 . Tom Stevens; 2. Fanny Bullock Workman; 3. Bill Reid; 4. May Sutton; 5. Barney Oldfield; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Control code
- 795120088
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (264 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780803240513
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other control number
- 9786613664655
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 6a4aebe7-0c1a-41b1-9f66-9bef6a0cd617
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)795120088
- Label
- Game Faces : Five Early American Champions and the Sports They Changed
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction; 1 . Tom Stevens; 2. Fanny Bullock Workman; 3. Bill Reid; 4. May Sutton; 5. Barney Oldfield; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Control code
- 795120088
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (264 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780803240513
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other control number
- 9786613664655
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 6a4aebe7-0c1a-41b1-9f66-9bef6a0cd617
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)795120088
Subject
- 1800-1999
- Athletes
- Athletes -- United States -- Biography
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Sports
- Biographies
- Biography
- Biography
- Electronic books
- Electronic books -- Biography | History
- History
- History
- Sports
- Sports -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Sports -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- United States
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