The Olympic games : the first thousand years /
In this beautifully illustrated and eye-opening book, the author and his associate have accomplished the near impossible: a brilliant history of the mysterious and little-known events on which our modern Olympic Games were patterned. They tell us not only what the actual sporting events and rules we...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Viking Press,
[1976]
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| Series: | Pleket, H. W.
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| Summary: | In this beautifully illustrated and eye-opening book, the author and his associate have accomplished the near impossible: a brilliant history of the mysterious and little-known events on which our modern Olympic Games were patterned. They tell us not only what the actual sporting events and rules were, but who the athletes were and how they were trained, how the games were financed and managed, and how the participants viewed the games themselves. |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | xv, 140 pages, 40 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 0670524069 9780670524068 |