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

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

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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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Main Author: Hardy, Stephen, 1948- (Author)
Other Authors: Herlihy, Mark (writer of foreword.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [Boston, MA] : Northeastern University Press, [2019]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Sports.
Social conditions.
Sports > Massachusetts > Boston > Histoire.
Sports > Massachusetts > Boston > History.
Massachusetts > Boston.
Boston (Mass.) > Social conditions.
History.
Electronic books.
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