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Pedestrianism : When Watching People Walk Was America's Favorite Spectator Sport.

Strange as it sounds, during the 1870s and 1880s, America's most popular spectator sport wasn't baseball, football, or horseracing-it was competitive walking. Inside sold-out arenas, competitors walked around dirt tracks almost nonstop for six straight days (never on Sunday), risking their...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Algeo, Matthew
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago Review Press, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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