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| Author | : David C. Antonucci |
| Publisher | : Booksurge Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2012-03-28 |
| Genre | : Olympic Winter Games |
| ISBN | : 9781439259047 |
The only book devoted solely to chronicling the historic VIII Olympic Winter Games at Squaw Valley and Lake Tahoe.
| Author | : David C. Antonucci |
| Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 128 |
| Release | : 2013-11-11 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : 1439642133 |
The 1960 Olympic Winter Games were a long-shot effort that succeeded beyond the wildest expectations. Working in a sparsely populated valley in the Sierra Nevada with only rudimentary facilities, organizers created a world-class Olympic site in four short years. For the only time in Olympic history, the venues and athlete residence halls were located in a compact, intimate setting that encouraged sportsmanship and interaction between athletes. There was elaborate pageantry in the ceremonies and decorations. The underdog American ice hockey team won the first-ever USA gold medal in that sport. American figure skaters swept gold in the individual events. Well-trained Soviet and Scandinavian athletes dominated the speed skating and cross-country skiing events. American women proved their mettle in the Alpine skiing events. German skiers made surprise upsets in the Nordic combined and ski jumping contests. And CBS-TV was there to capture the most exciting moments and make groundbreaking live broadcasts to American audiences.
| Author | : Eddy Starr Ancinas |
| Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 160 |
| Release | : 2019 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1467144053 |
Nestled amidst California's High Sierra peaks, two valleys have captured the imaginations of skiers and mountain explorers year after year. In this account, local author and longtime skier Eddy Starr Ancinas shares the histories of Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows as they've never been told before, including the stories of John Reily, Wayne Poulsen and Alex Cushing, the visionaries whose dreams and determination forever transformed North Lake Tahoe. Squaw made a name for itself on the world stage thanks to its surprise nomination as host of the 1960 Winter Olympics. Meanwhile, just one mountain apart, Alpine was built with the support of local skiers and Bay Area families. Today, a new chapter unfolds as the distinct philosophies behind Squaw and Alpine unite under common ownership.
| Author | : Greg Morrill |
| Publisher | : LULU |
| Total Pages | : 163 |
| Release | : 2013-11 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : 1483405648 |
"Author, columnist, and longtime skiing fanatic Greg Morrill takes a look back at the history of the sport, recalling memories from days gone by. In each chapter Morrill poses a trivia question relating to a topic in skiing history and explores related topics through both personal memories and historical research"--Page [4] of cover.
| Author | : David Maraniss |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 500 |
| Release | : 2008-07 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1416534075 |
An account of the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome reveals the competition's unexpected influence on the modern world, in a narrative synopsis that pays tribute to such athletes as Cassius Clay and Wilma Rudolph while evaluating the roles of Cold War propaganda, civil rights, and politics. 250,000 first printing.
| Author | : David C. Antonucci |
| Publisher | : Arcadia Library Editions |
| Total Pages | : 130 |
| Release | : 2013-11-11 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9781531674946 |
| Author | : Tom Caraccioli |
| Publisher | : Sports Publishing LLC |
| Total Pages | : 254 |
| Release | : 2006 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : 1596700785 |
The story of America's forgotten hockey team and its members, which included players who were plucked from the jungles of Vietnam, schoolboy heroes, and college All-Americans...Jacket cover.
| Author | : David Wallechinsky |
| Publisher | : Amazon Difital Services LLC - Kdp Print Us |
| Total Pages | : 396 |
| Release | : 2014 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : 9781937530709 |
"Published in anticipation of the 2014 Sochi Games, The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics has been expanded to include the rules and scoring for all the upcoming events. The book also looks at the history of each Olympic event from inception to the present day, including discontinued events and the four skating events first featured, before the creation of the Winter Olympics, in the 1908 London Summer Olympics. From speed skating to snowboarding, bobsled to ice hockey, the book gives the medals tables, timings, distances, and scores. But much more than a statistical compendium, the book also offers an abundance of Winter Olympic history, anecdotes, and lore, as authors David Wallechinsky and Jaime Loucky bring alive the most dramatic moments from the Games and celebrating the many extraordinary individuals who have competed."--Publisher's description.
| Author | : David C. Antonucci |
| Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 128 |
| Release | : 2013 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1467130141 |
The 1960 Olympic Winter Games were a long-shot effort that succeeded beyond the wildest expectations. Working in a sparsely populated valley in the Sierra Nevada with only rudimentary facilities, organizers created a world-class Olympic site in four short years. For the only time in Olympic history, the venues and athlete residence halls were located in a compact, intimate setting that encouraged sportsmanship and interaction between athletes. There was elaborate pageantry in the ceremonies and decorations. The underdog American ice hockey team won the first-ever USA gold medal in that sport. American figure skaters swept gold in the individual events. Well-trained Soviet and Scandinavian athletes dominated the speed skating and cross-country skiing events. American women proved their mettle in the Alpine skiing events. German skiers made surprise upsets in the Nordic combined and ski jumping contests. And CBS-TV was there to capture the most exciting moments and make groundbreaking live broadcasts to American audiences.
| Author | : Zlatko Jovanovic |
| Publisher | : Springer Nature |
| Total Pages | : 272 |
| Release | : 2021-08-19 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 3030765989 |
This book examines the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Olympic Games. It tells the story of the extensive infrastructural transformation of the city and its changing global image in relation to hosting of the Games. Reviewing different cultural representations of Sarajevo in the period from the 1960s to the 1980s, the book explores how the promotion of the city as a future global tourist centre resulted in an increased awareness among its populace of the city’s cultural particularities. The analysis reveals how the process of modernisation relating to hosting of the Olympics provided an opportunity to re-imagine the city as a particularly environmentally progressive city. Placed within the field of studies of late socialism, the book offers important insights into Yugoslav society during the period, including those relating to the country’s unique geopolitical position and its nationalities policies.
