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The wonder crew : the untold story of a coach, Navy rowing, and Olympic immortality / Susan Saint Sing.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Saint Sing, Susan.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States Naval Academy--Rowing--History.
- United States Naval Academy.
- Midshipmen--Maryland--Annapolis.
- Midshipmen.
- Glendon, Richard A., 1870-1956.
- Glendon, Richard A.
- Rowing--Coaching.
- Rowing.
- Rowing--United States.
- Olympic Games--(7th : 1920 : Antwerp, Belgium).
- Olympic Games.
- History.
- United States.
- Maryland--Annapolis.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 281 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : St. Martin's Press, 2008.
- Contents:
- 1 The Old Man 7
- 2 A Corpse, an Olympics, and a Midshipman Named Nimitz 21
- 3 Navy's Love Affair with Crew 34
- 4 The War Years: 1914-1918 42
- 5 British Rowing Roots 55
- 6 Henley vs. the Olympic Games 64
- 7 American Scientific Oarsmanship and the Crew 71
- 8 The American Seasons of 1919-1920 89
- 9 The British Season of 1920 101
- 10 The U.S. Olympic Trials 114
- 11 The Crossing 123
- 12 1920 Henley and Leander 145
- 13 Cutting Down 153
- 14 Vilvoorde 165
- 15 Opening Ceremony 177
- 16 Heats and Semis 184
- 17 The Olympic Race 192
- 18 A Radical Turn of Events 207
- 19 The Longest Streak 222.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references. (pages [245]-281)
- ISBN:
- 9780312367039
- 0312367031
- OCLC:
- 184822836
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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