How Boston Played : Sport, Recreation, and Community, 1865-1915 /

How Boston Played : Sport, Recreation, and Community, 1865-1915 / / by Stephen Hardy ; [new foreword by Mark Herlihy].

How Boston Played is a double delight. It chronicles the birth of Boston sports from early Redstockings games and college rowing regattas, to the exploits of the "Boston Strong Boy," John L. Sullivan. Looking beyond just sporting events, though, it seeks to uncover the sources of the mania...

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Hardy, Stephen, 1948-
TeilnehmendeR:
Herlihy, Mark,
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 online resource xv, 272 pages) :; illustrations
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  • The text of this book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No derivatives 4.0 International License
  • Open access edition supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities / Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Humanities Open Book Program.
  • Reprint of 1982 edition, with new foreword.
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