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St. Louis Olympics, 1904

St. Louis Olympics, 1904

Marshall, Sandy
Matthews, George
Marshall, Sandra

Hardcover

FictionOlympics & ParalympicsRegional: Midwest

Publisher Price: $31.99

ISBN10: 153161471X
ISBN13: 9781531614713
Publisher: Arcadia Lib Ed
Published: May 13 2003
Pages: 130
Weight: 0.91
Height: 0.38 Width: 6.69 Depth: 9.61
Language: English
The first American Olympics, held in 1904 in St. Louis, were a vigorous spectacle suited to an energetic and confident nation. The games were wrested away from rival city Chicago and appended to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair. Athletes came from eleven countries and four continents to compete in state-of-the-art facilities, which included a 10,000-seat stadium with gymnasium equipment donated by sporting goods magnate Albert Spalding. St. Louis Olympics, 1904 corrects common misperceptions and presents a fresh view of the games that featured first-time African American Olympians, an eccentric marathon, and documentation by pioneering photojournalist Jessie Tarbox Beals.

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