Harvey Frommer

The Sports Junkie's Book of Trivia, Terms, and Lingo

What They Are, Where They Came From, and How They're Used

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Produktbeschreibung

Conbining two of Frommer's previous successes, Sports Lingo and Sports Roots, and supplemented with new material, this book will prove to be indispensable to nay sports enthusiast wishing to settle an argument, decipher a mysterious call, or simply persue for his or her enjoyment.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor Trade Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. August 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 204mm x 203mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 712g
• ISBN-13: 9781589792555
• ISBN-10: 1589792556
• Artikelnr.: 22286422

Autorenporträt

Harvey Frommer is the celebrated author of 37 sports books, including the classics: New York City Baseball, Shoeless Joe and Ragtime Baseball, Rickey and Robinson, The New York Yankee Encyclopedia, A Yankee Century, and the best selling Red Sox Vs. Yankees: The Great Rivalry (with Frederic J. Frommer). Professor Emeritus of the City University of New York, and professor at Dartmouth College where he teaches oral history and sports journalism, Frommer has been cited in the "Congressional Record" and honored by the New York State Lesigslature as a sports historian. He is in his 31st consecutive year of writing sports books. Frommer is a resident of Lyme, New Hampshire.