BALL: Discovering the Object of the Game - Brossura

Fox, John

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0061881791 ISBN 13: 9780061881794

Casa editrice: Perennial, 2012

Riassunto

From the jungles of Mexico to the farm country of Ohio, this lively history of the ball and the evolution of human play and civilization follows the author, an anthropologist, as he embarks on a global adventure to explore the untold history of our favorite ball games. Original. 30,000 first printing.

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"Anybody who has ever thrown, caught, bounced, hit (or whiffed) a ball will mightilyenjoy John Fox's stories of where all these balls came from, and why, from our earliestdays, they have been such an integral part of the very fun that makes us human." --Frank DeFord, author of The Old Ball Game

"Anybody who has ever thrown, caught, bounced, hit (or whiffed) a ball will mightilyenjoy John Fox's stories of where all these balls came from, and why, from our earliestdays, they have been such an integral part of the very fun that makes us human." --Frank DeFord, author of The Old Ball Game

L'autore:

John Fox, a Harvard PhD in anthropology, has excavated ancient ball courts in Central America, traced Marco Polo's route across China, and biked Africa's Rift Valley in search of human origins. He has worked as an academic, and, more recently, as a co-leader of the Quest Channel Expeditions, a pioneering adventure learning program that took him and an online audience of a million young people on expeditions across six continents to explore the world's greatest scientific and historic mysteries. A recipient of a MacDowell fellowship, he has written about his many travels and adventures for Smithsonian, Outside, Salon, and CNN.com, among other publications. He has also appeared on Good Morning America (from the top of a pyramid!), the BBC's The World, and contributes regular commentaries on sports and culture to Vermont Public Radio. He lives in Boston.

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• Editore: Perennial
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0061881791
• ISBN 13: 9780061881794
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 382