The Great American Steamboat Race - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Great American Steamboat Race write by Benton Rain Patterson. This book was released on 2009-08-11. The Great American Steamboat Race available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Running from New Orleans to St. Louis in the summer of 1870, the race between the Robert E. Lee and the Natchez remains the world's most famous steamboat race. This book tells the story of the dramatic contest, which was won by the stripped-down, cargoless Robert E. Lee after three days, 18 hours, and 14 minutes of steaming through day, night and fog. The Natchez finished the race only hours later, having been delayed by carrying her normal load and tying up overnight because of the intense fog. Providing details on not only the race narrative but also on the boats themselves, the book gives an intimate look at the majestic vessels that conquered the country's greatest waterway and defined the bravado of 19th-century America.
Fastest on the River
Fastest on the River - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Fastest on the River write by Manly Wade Wellman. This book was released on 2013-10. Fastest on the River available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This is a new release of the original 1957 edition.
American National Pastimes - A History
American National Pastimes - A History - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook American National Pastimes - A History write by Mark Dyreson. This book was released on 2016-04-14. American National Pastimes - A History available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. When the colonies that became the USA were still dominions of the British Empire they began to imagine their sporting pastimes as finer recreations than even those enjoyed in the motherland. From the war of independence and the creation of the republic to the twenty-first century, sporting pastimes have served as essential ingredients in forging nationhood in American history. This collection gathers the work of an all-star team of historians of American sport in order to explore the origins and meanings of the idea of national pastimes—of a nation symbolized by its sports. These wide-ranging essays analyze the claims of particular sports to national pastime status, from horse racing, hunting, and prize fighting in early American history to baseball, basketball, and football more than two centuries later. These essays also investigate the legal, political, economic, and culture patterns and the gender, ethnic, racial, and class dynamics of national pastimes, connecting sport to broader historical themes. American National Pastimes chronicles how and why the USA has used sport to define and debate the contours of nation. This book was published as a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport.
The Great Steamboat Race
The Great Steamboat Race - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Great Steamboat Race write by John Brunner. This book was released on 1983. The Great Steamboat Race available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
A Companion to American Sport History
A Companion to American Sport History - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Companion to American Sport History write by Steven A. Riess. This book was released on 2014-03-26. A Companion to American Sport History available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A Companion to American Sport History presents a collection of original essays that represent the first comprehensive analysis of scholarship relating to the growing field of American sport history. Presents the first complete analysis of the scholarship relating to the academic history of American sport Features contributions from many of the finest scholars working in the field of American sport history Includes coverage of the chronology of sports from colonial times to the present day, including major sports such as baseball, football, basketball, boxing, golf, motor racing, tennis, and track and field Addresses the relationship of sports to urbanization, technology, gender, race, social class, and genres such as sports biography Awarded 2015 Best Anthology from the North American Society for Sport History (NASSH)
