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Overview"John Lucas has dedicated his nearly half-century of academic life at Penn State University to researching and writing about his first love of sport, track and field, and the Olympics. He has attended every Summer Olympics since the 1960 Rome Games and has written several books, including 'Future of the Olympic Games.' From his over 200 monographs and articles, Lucas has selected a score of his articles written since 1953 for this anthology. They cover the range of his academic interests. (Hardcover) ""In 1962, six years before I first met him, John Lucas defended his doctoral dissertation at the University of Maryland on ""Pierre de Coubertin and the Formative Years of the Modern Olympic Movement."" Almost a half century later, following 8 books and some 250 scholarly articles on Olympic history, comes this book, ""The Best of John Lucas,"" compiled by the world's doyen of seriously researched, thoroughly documented, and passionately written Olympic history. As I have done, enjoy!"" (Dr. Robert Barney, founder of OLYMPICA: THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OLYMPIC STUDIES and past-president of the North American Society for Sport History.)" Full Product DetailsAuthor: John Apostal LucasPublisher: Eifrig Publishing Imprint: Eifrig Publishing Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.562kg ISBN: 9780979551864ISBN 10: 0979551862 Pages: 336 Publication Date: 01 October 2009 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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