Igniting the Flame

America's First Olympic Team

Nonfiction, Sports, Olympics, History, Americas, United States, 19th Century
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Author: Jim Reisler ISBN: 9780762786602
Publisher: Lyons Press Publication: June 5, 2012
Imprint: Lyons Press Language: English
Author: Jim Reisler
ISBN: 9780762786602
Publisher: Lyons Press
Publication: June 5, 2012
Imprint: Lyons Press
Language: English

The story of the fourteen men – largely forgotten and never the subject of a full-length book – who created the American Olympic movement by winning eleven gold medals at the first modern Olympics in 1896 in Athens, timed for publication leading up to the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials and the 2012 Olympics in London.

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The story of the fourteen men – largely forgotten and never the subject of a full-length book – who created the American Olympic movement by winning eleven gold medals at the first modern Olympics in 1896 in Athens, timed for publication leading up to the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials and the 2012 Olympics in London.

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