Frozen in time : the enduring legacy of the 1961 U.S. figure skating team / Nikki Nichols.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nichols, Nikki, 1975-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Figure skating.

Figure skaters--United States--Biography.

Figure skaters.

Sabena Flight 548 Crash, Berg, Kampenhout, Belgium, 1961.

Aircraft accidents--Belgium.

Aircraft accidents.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cincinnati, Ohio : Clerisy Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

On February 15, 1961, all 18 members of the U.S. World Figure Skating Team were killed in a plane crash, along with 16 coaches, officials, and family members. Frozen in Time takes readers inside the lives of the young skaters who died in the crash, revealing their friendships, romances, rivalries, sacrifices, and triumphs. The dramatic focus lingers on two families of powerful women: the Owens and the Westerfelds. Maribel Owen, the most famous woman in figure skating at the time, relentlessly drives her two young daughters-pairs champion Mara and the spectacular Laurence, who grace

Contents:

Acknowledgments; Foreword; Chapter One; Chapter Two; Chapter Three; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Chapter Six; Chapter Seven; Chapter Eight; Chapter Nine; Chapter Ten; Chapter Eleven; Chapter Twelve; Afterword; Appendix; Autobiography: Self-Analysis; References; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

First trade paperback edition.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-74412-3

9786613789549

1-57860-400-1

OCLC:

772844666