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Traveling the old ski tracks of New England /
"For over a century New Englanders have taken to the slopes in search of ways to enjoy the coldest months, and skiing has deep roots in the region. In the late nineteenth century Scandinavian immigrants worked to educate snowbound locals on how to ski, make equipment, and prepare trails. Soon t...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amherst :
Bright Leaf, an imprint of University of Massachusetts Press,
[2022]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- "Millions of flakes of fun in Massachusetts" : Boston and the Berkshires, 1870-1940
- Immigrants and their skis for a Maine winter
- Berlin and the Big Nansen
- Fred Harris of Dartmouth College
- The lure and lore of Mount Washington
- Cannon Mountain : the State of New Hampshire in action
- The Schneider phenomenon : Austria-Germany-New Hampshire
- America's Holmenkollen : ski jumping at Brattleboro
- Vermont ski towns : Woodstock and Manchester
- Stowe : ski capital of the East
- Southern New England : "I know how to make snow!"
- The modernization of New England skiing
- Selling venues, transportation, and equipment
- Closing ski tow slopes
- Assessing the ski heritage of New England.