Snowball's Chance: The Story of the 1960 Olympic Winter Games Squaw Valley & Lake Tahoe - Softcover

Antonucci, David C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1439259046 ISBN 13: 9781439259047

Publisher: BookSurge Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

Snowball’s Chance: The Story of the 1960 Olympic Winter Games is the only book devoted solely to chronicling the historic events at Squaw Valley and Lake Tahoe. The VIII Olympic Winter Games took place in February 1960 in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California. From 30 countries around the world, 665 athletes gathered over 11 days to engage in five recognized Olympic winter sports contested in 27 events. These sports and events included alpine skiing, Nordic combined, cross-country skiing, biathlon, figure skating, speed skating, ice hockey and ski jumping. You-are-there accounts of all competition events with top scores and medal results for each sport are included. Readers will learn about the extensive pageantry and artistic expression of the opening and closing ceremonies produced by the legendary Walt Disney. The 200-page book includes 80-plus photographs by official photographer Bill Briner and others showing historic Olympic venues and athletes in the heat of competition.

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About the Author:

This book features rare images taken by official Olympic photographer Bill Briner that are complemented with images from public and private collections, some never before published. Using extensive research and oral histories from Olympic athletes and officials, award-winning author David C. Antonucci brings the VIII Olympic Winter Games to life.

About this edition

• Publisher: BookSurge Publishing
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1439259046
• ISBN 13: 9781439259047
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200