Fifty Years of My Life in the World of Sport at Home and Abroad
Author : Sir John Dugdale Astley (3d bart.)
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Page : 394 pages
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Release : 1894
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Author : Sir John Dugdale Astley (3d bart.)
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Page : 394 pages
File Size : 16,7 MB
Release : 1894
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Page : 810 pages
File Size : 33,16 MB
Release : 1894
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Author : James Silk Buckingham
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Page : 920 pages
File Size : 25,87 MB
Release : 1859
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Author : Ian Fletcher
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 15,1 MB
Release : 2009-04-21
Category : History
ISBN : 1781597413
On 20 September 1854 the combined British and French armies confronted the Russians at the river Alma in the critical opening encounter of the Crimean War. This was the first major battle the British had fought on European soil since Waterloo almost 40 years before. In this compelling and meticulously researched study, Ian Fletcher and Natalia Ishchenko reconstruct the battle in vivid detail, using many rare and unpublished eyewitness accounts from all sides—English, French and Russian. Their groundbreaking work promises to be the definitive history of this extraordinary clash of arms for many years to come. It also gives a fascinating insight into military thinking and organization in the 1850s, midway between the end of the Napoleonic era and the outbreak of the Great War.
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Page : 872 pages
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Release : 1894
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Page : 1634 pages
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Release : 1896
Category : Bibliography
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Official organ of the book trade of the United Kingdom.
Author : New York Public Library
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Page : 1172 pages
File Size : 36,50 MB
Release : 1903
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Author : Hamilton Aïdé
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Page : 344 pages
File Size : 30,30 MB
Release : 1899
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Page : 522 pages
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Author : Matthew Algeo
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 50,74 MB
Release : 2014-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1613743971
Strange as it sounds, during the 1870s and 1880s, America's most popular spectator sport wasn't baseball, football, or horseracing-it was competitive walking. Inside sold-out arenas, competitors walked around dirt tracks almost nonstop for six straight days (never on Sunday), risking their health and sanity to see who could walk the farthest-500 miles, then 520 miles, and 565 miles! These walking matches were as talked about as the weather, the details reported in newspapers and telegraphed to fans from coast to coast. This long-forgotten sport, known as pedestrianism, spawned America's first celebrity athletes. The top pedestrians earned a fortune in prize money and endorsement deals. The sport also opened doors for immigrants, African Americans, and women. But along with the excitement came the inevitable scandals, charges of doping-coca leaves!-and insider gambling. It even spawned a riot in 1879 when too many fans showed up at New York's Gilmore's Gardens, later renamed Madison Square Gardens, and were denied entry to a widely publicized showdown. Pedestrianism: When Watching People Walk Was America's Favorite Spectator Sport chronicles competitive walking's peculiar appeal and popularity, its rapid demise, and its enduring influence. In many ways, pedestrianism marked the beginning of modern spectator sports in the United States. Matthew Algeo is the author of Harry Truman's Excellent Adventure, The President Is a Sick Man, and Last Team Standing. An award-winning journalist, Algeo has reported from three continents for public radio's All Things Considered, Marketplace, and Morning Edition.