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St. Louis Olympics 1904 /
- Title
- St. Louis Olympics 1904 / George Matthews and Sandra Marshall.
- Author
- Matthews, George R., 1950-
- Publication
- Chicago, IL : Arcadia Pub., ©2003.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Marshall, Sandra.
- Description
- 128 pages : chiefly illustrations, portraits; 24 cm.
- Summary
- 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 goofs 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. Sport and Olympic historian George R. Matthews became interested in the St. Louis Olympics while researching his thesis on the early Modern Olympic Movement.
- Series Statement
- Images of America
- Uniform Title
- Images of America.
- Alternative Title
- Saint Louis Olympics 1904
- Subjects
- Sports > Competitions
- Olympic Games
- Missouri > Saint Louis
- Olympics > Pictorial works
- Olympic Games (3rd : 1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.) > Pictorial works
- Jeux olympiques d'été (3 : 1904 : Saint Louis)
- Pictorial works
- Olympic Games (3rd : 1904 : Saint Louis, Mo)
- Sports > Competitions > Missouri > Saint Louis > Pictorial works
- Genre/Form
- Pictorial works.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (page 6).
- Contents
- Ceremonies and celebrities -- Track and field: running events -- Track and field: field events -- A peculiar marathon -- Aquatic events -- Weight lifting, gymnastics, and wrestling -- Archery, lacrosse, tennis, and golf -- Place in history.
- ISBN
- 0738523291
- 9780738523293
- LCCN
- 2003101016
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library