American Rower's Almanac 1996
Author: Karen Solem
Publisher: The Rowers Almanac Inc
Published: 1996-04
Total Pages: 452
ISBN-13: 9780965132701
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Karen Solem
Publisher: The Rowers Almanac Inc
Published: 1996-04
Total Pages: 452
ISBN-13: 9780965132701
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Karen Solem
Publisher: The Rowers Almanac Inc
Published: 1997-03
Total Pages: 516
ISBN-13: 9780965132718
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Publisher: The Rowers Almanac Inc
Published: 2002-03
Total Pages: 420
ISBN-13: 9780965132749
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Fred J. Engelhardt
Publisher: Fred J. Engelhardt
Published:
Total Pages: 166
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The American rowing almanac and oarsman's pocket companion, 1874
Author: Mike Meserole
Publisher: Thomas Allen Publishers
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 964
ISBN-13: 9780395665671
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Profiles the record breakers and record makers, statistics and facts for professional and amateur sports, as well as highlighting both summer and winter olympics.
Author: William Lanouette
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2021-04-01
Total Pages: 305
ISBN-13: 1493052772
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Triumph of the Amateurs is the story of the lost world or professional rowing in America, a sport that attracted crowds of thousands, widespread betting, and ultimately corruption that foretold its doom. It centers on the colorful careers of two New York City Irish boys, the Biglin brothers John and Barney, now long forgotten save for Thomas Eakins's portraits of them in their shell. If the bestseller The Boys in the Boat portrayed the good guys of the U.S.’s 1936 Olympic crew, the Biglins, along with their colleagues and successors, were the Bad Boys in the Boat. Rascals abounded on and off the water, where rowdy fans often outdid modern soccer thugs in violence, betting was rampant—as was fixing—and spectators in the tens of thousands came out to see it all. The Triumph of the Amateurs traces the sport from its rise in the years before the Civil War on through the Gilded Age to its scandalous demise and eventual transition into a purely amateur sport. In addition, Barney Biglin’s later career as holder of sinecures offers a colorful glimpse into late 19th-century New York City political corruption. Illustrated with 40 black and white and color illustrations, including Thomas Eakins's famous paintings of the Biglin brothers rowing on the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia in 1872.