20th Century Sports : Images of Greatness

Riffenburgh, Beau, Meserole, Mike

ISBN 10: 1892129124 / ISBN 13: 9781892129123

Published by Total Sports, 1999

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: 20th Century Sports : Images of Greatness
• Publisher: Total Sports
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1892129124
• ISBN 13: 9781892129123
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

The Sports Illustrated archives yield great images and stories from the last century in the wide world of sports, including Babe Ruth, Michael Jordan, and Muhammad Ali, among many others. Original. 40,000 first printing.

Reviews

This volume aims to be a "family album" of sport over the last 100 years and succeeds in its mission. More than 300 photographs are laid out decade by decade, accompanied by a chronology and narrative to provide historical perspective. Meserole (The Ultimate Book of Sports Lists) provides a mix of familiar and arcane pictures featuring landmark events and figures from a variety of sports from baseball to bocce, football to soccer, boxing to wrestling, and the Olympics to tug of war. Among the stories that arise from these photos are the steady changes in fashions, technological improvements throughout the century, and the rise of women and African Americans to sporting prominence. This nicely chosen, attractively arranged collection of images is recommended for all libraries.
-John M. Maxymuk, Robeson Rutgers Univ. Lib., Camden, NJ
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