Showing posts with label American. Show all posts
Showing posts with label American. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Ellis Island to Ebbets Field: Sport and the American Jewish Experience
Ellis Island to Ebbets Field: Sport and the American Jewish Experience Review
Filled with marvelous stories, anecdotes and personality profiles, this book explores the importance of sport--both watching and playing--as a middle ground for a minority culture actively determining for itself what it meant to be an American Jew. Photos. Read more...
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Friday, June 1, 2012
Northeast American Sports Car Races 1950-1959
Northeast American Sports Car Races 1950-1959 Review
This book focuses on the different aspects that contributed to the development of Northeast American sports car racing during the 1950s. The evolution from amateur drivers racing on public roads in 1950, to both professional and amateur drivers racing at private, purpose-built tracks in 1959, demanded huge leaps of faith, trust and understanding. The transition was neither easy nor uneventful for drivers, clubs or track owners, and the tragedy, politics and intrigue that came to characterize the period are covered here in fascinating detail.
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