Their day in the sun : women of the 1932 Olympics / Doris H. Pieroth.
Their day in the sun : women of the 1932 Olympics / Doris H. Pieroth.
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Seattle : University of Washington Press, c1996.
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N796.48/49
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English
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xii, 186 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Publisher
Seattle : University of Washington Press, c1996.
Place of Publication
Washington (State)
Date Published
c1996.
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Summary
Pieroth's account is drawn from interviews with eleven of the women athletes, family members, other Olympians of the era, and witnesses of the 1932 games. She also quotes extensively from contemporary journalists such as Paul Gallico, Westbrook Pegler, and Damon Runyon, whose mixture of condescension, fulsome admiration for the "glamour girl" swimm...
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Their day in the sun : women of the 1932 Olympics / Doris H. Pieroth.
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"A Samuel and Althea Stroum book."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 176-179) and index.
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c1996.
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N796.48/49
Record Identifier
74VvwPQXrAJd
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvwPQXrAJd
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ISBN
0295975547 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780295975535 (cloth : alk. paper)
0295975539 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780295975542 (pbk. : alk. paper)
DDC
796.48
MMS ID
991004200279702626
