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gebundene Ausgabe. Condition: Gut. 250 Seiten Der Erhaltungszustand des hier angebotenen Werks ist trotz seiner Bibliotheksnutzung sehr sauber. Es befindet sich neben dem Rückenschild lediglich ein Bibliotheksstempel im Buch; ordnungsgemäß entwidmet. In ENGLISCHER Sprache. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 610.…

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Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.…

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Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition. Quarto. Illustrated. Stapled and tape bound in stiff card wrappers. Covers lightly rubbed, a few splits along the spine tape, else near fine. A hard-to-find literary journal that features an interview with Robert Lowell and poems, essays, and short stories from Diane di Prima, Diane Wakoski, Gerard Malanga, Fred Brewer, Harold Whitehall, Robert Karmon, D. Murray, Chaim Mendelson, John Perreault, Norman Rosten, S. Dorman, Douglas Flaherty, Louis Freund, G.F. Goekjian, David Wade, Brother Dimitrious, Carolyn Stoloff, David Luhn, Cynthia Grant, William E. Taylor, Gail Neidorf, Ronald Tavel, Duane Locke, Worth Kitson, Murray Suid, Allan Newman, Edward Oster, William E. Taylor, Jess Perlman, Henry Malone, Sandra Hochman, Raymond O'Hara, Edward C. Smith, Louis Phillips, Harold Whitehall, and Terry Lung. …

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. This book is the eighth in the Olympics At War series. This work merges two institutions popular with Americans, and others, the United States Naval Academy and the Modern Olympic Games and tells the story of both through individual biographies of Naval Midshipmen who competed in the Olympics, detailing both their athletic and naval careers. The Modern Olympics began in 1896, the brainchild of French aristocrat Pierre de Coubertin and the first international Olympic Games, organized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), were held in Athens, Greece, from April 6 to 15, 1896. Fourteen nations and 241 athletes, both numbers disputed, took part in the games. Participants were all male and all European, or living in Europe, with the exception of the United States team. Over 65% of the competing athletes were Greek. Winners were given a silver medal, while runners-up received a copper medal. Retroactively, the IOC converted these to Gold and Silver medals, and Bronze medals were added for third placed athletes. Ten of the 14 participating nations earned medals. The United States won the most gold medals, 11, while host nation Greece, with 47, won the most medals overall. The most successful competitor was German wrestler and gymnast Carl Schuhmann, who won four events. The Olympics would be held every four years, except for 1916, 1940 and 1944, when the world was at war. The US Navy's connection to "sports" predates the Navy itself. "Climb the riggings" races and boat races were common in the Continental Navy, held both for money and prestige. Boxing "smokers" were also common but held clandestinely as they were against regulations. It was not until 1920 that boxing became an intercollegiate sport at the Naval Academy. With the conversion from rigged sailing ships to less physically demanding steam driven vessels in the late 19th Century, there arose concerns about the physical fitness of the fleet, and officers began organizing sporting competitions with committees, rules, trophies and prizes. As early as the creation of a Naval School at Fort Severn on October 10, 1845, the first Superintendent, Commander Franklin Buchanan, saw the value of exercise and encouraged midshipmen to stay active. In 1865, following the end of the Civil War, Rear Admiral David D. Porter, the Naval Academy Superintendent, ordered athletics incorporated into the curriculum. In 1867, Annapolis held some of the nation's earliest crew races. In 1878, the Naval Academy played its first football game, tying the Baltimore Athletic Club with a score of 0-0. Navy fared better at the first Army-Navy Game held at West Point on November 29, 1890, beating Army 24-0. The following year, Commander Colby M. Chester established the Naval Academy Athletic Association. In 1903, the first Navy athletic field was constructed at the Norfolk (Va.) Navy Yard and included a football field, baseball diamond, cinder track, grandstands, a swimming pool and a recreation hall/ gymnasium. In 1912, Naval Academy midshipmen competed in the Olympics for the first time, and midshipmen have competed in every Olympics since through 2000. In total, US Naval Academy athletes have returned with twenty Olympic Gold Medals. Their stories are worth remembering SB - Freedom, California This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…