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The Sports Junkies' Book of Sports Trivia, Terms, and Lingo. What They Are, Where They Came From,and How They're Used.
Harvey Frommer
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Description for The Sports Junkies' Book of Sports Trivia, Terms, and Lingo. What They Are, Where They Came From,and How They're Used.
Paperback. Combining the content of two of Frommer's previous books, Sports Roots and Sports Lingo, this book not only explains how nicknames, namesakes, trophies, competitions, and expressions in the world of sports came to be, but also serves as a useful dictionary of the language of sports-both technical and slang. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 202 x 31. Weight in Grams: 708.
Combining the content of two of Frommer's previous books, Sports Roots and Sports Lingo, this book not only explains how nicknames, namesakes, trophies, competitions, and expressions in the world of sports came to be, but also serves as a useful dictionary of the language of sports-both technical and slang.
Combining the content of two of Frommer's previous books, Sports Roots and Sports Lingo, this book not only explains how nicknames, namesakes, trophies, competitions, and expressions in the world of sports came to be, but also serves as a useful dictionary of the language of sports-both technical and slang.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Taylor Trade Publishing United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Lanham, United States
ISBN
9781589792555
SKU
V9781589792555
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Harvey Frommer
Harvey Frommer is the celebrated author of 37 sports books, including the classics: New York City Baseball, Shoeless Joe and Ragtime Baseball, Rickey and Robinson, The New York Yankee Encyclopedia, A Yankee Century, and the best selling Red Sox Vs. Yankees: The Great Rivalry (with Frederic J. Frommer). Professor Emeritus of the City University of New York, and professor at ... Read more
Reviews for The Sports Junkies' Book of Sports Trivia, Terms, and Lingo. What They Are, Where They Came From,and How They're Used.
Move over "Sports Center,..." Frommer successfully fuses the common with the exotic, the arcane with the ordinary, the old with the new, and the poignant with the matter-of-fact.
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