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Temporarily out of stock
Title: Stoked! Winners & Grinners from Our Sporting Life
Author: NELSON H G
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 01/11/2019
Imprint: NATIONAL LIBRARY OF AUS
Price: $20.00
Publishing status: Active
Theres nothing
Australians love better than a sporting hero, except perhaps giving that hero a
gentle ribbing for having the temerity to outstrip the rest of us. From the
Jumping Doc and his Peltzer flinch to late nineteenth century fashion on the
field (knitted jumper, anyone?), the great H.G. battered sav Nelson heads
trackside once more to scrutinise the efforts of some of Australias finest
athletes. In this broad-reaching commentary, readers will join him to speculate
about the complex rules of roller derby, reminisce fondly about the good old
days on the Hill at the SCG and delight in a rare snap of that most famous of
underground sports, shotgun tennis.
Alongside H.G.s
incisive commentary are images of some of Australias finest sporting
achievements from the National Librarys vast Pictures Collection and obscure
truths about Australias national pastimes. Did you know that completing a
2,000 metre rowing race is the physiological equivalent of playing two
basketball games back-to-back? That many ballet positions are derived from
those of fencing? That, in 1952, one cheeky wrestler slid down the gilt
banister of the main staircase in Buckingham Palace while visiting the Queen?
A mix of facts and humourous
observations, this book will educate readers a little and amuse them a lot.
ISBN: 9780642279484
Dimension: 170mm X 170mm