Author: Bob Welch
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1510736255
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Track and Field Writers of America's 2018 Book of the Year! In 1968, a US Olympic men’s track and field team—America’s best ever—stirred the world in unprecedented ways, among them the victory stand black rights protest by Tommy Smith and John Carlos at the Games in Mexico City. But in competition, no single athlete captured the ’60s more perfectly than Dick Fosbury, a failed Oregon prep high jumper who—in the wake of his little brother being killed by a drunk driver while the two were riding bikes and the subsequent divorce of his parents—invented a high jump style as a high school sophomore that ultimately won him an Olympic gold medal and revolutionized the event. No jumpers today use any other style than his. The Wizard of Foz is a story of innovation and imagination that blossoms 7,350 feet up in the High Sierra, where boulders and 100-foot trees festoon the interior of the Olympic Trials track. It is a story of loss, survival, and triumph, entwined in a person—Fosbury—and a time—the ’60s—clearly made for each other. And it is a story of a young man who refused to listen to those who laughed at him, those who doubted him, and those who tried to make him into someone he wasn’t. “My experience working with Skyhorse is always a positive collaboration. The editors are first-rate professionals, and my books receive top-shelf treatment. I truly appreciate our working relationship and hope it continues for years to come.” –David Fischer, author
The Wizard of Foz
Author: Bob Welch
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1510736255
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Track and Field Writers of America's 2018 Book of the Year! In 1968, a US Olympic men’s track and field team—America’s best ever—stirred the world in unprecedented ways, among them the victory stand black rights protest by Tommy Smith and John Carlos at the Games in Mexico City. But in competition, no single athlete captured the ’60s more perfectly than Dick Fosbury, a failed Oregon prep high jumper who—in the wake of his little brother being killed by a drunk driver while the two were riding bikes and the subsequent divorce of his parents—invented a high jump style as a high school sophomore that ultimately won him an Olympic gold medal and revolutionized the event. No jumpers today use any other style than his. The Wizard of Foz is a story of innovation and imagination that blossoms 7,350 feet up in the High Sierra, where boulders and 100-foot trees festoon the interior of the Olympic Trials track. It is a story of loss, survival, and triumph, entwined in a person—Fosbury—and a time—the ’60s—clearly made for each other. And it is a story of a young man who refused to listen to those who laughed at him, those who doubted him, and those who tried to make him into someone he wasn’t. “My experience working with Skyhorse is always a positive collaboration. The editors are first-rate professionals, and my books receive top-shelf treatment. I truly appreciate our working relationship and hope it continues for years to come.” –David Fischer, author
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1510736255
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Track and Field Writers of America's 2018 Book of the Year! In 1968, a US Olympic men’s track and field team—America’s best ever—stirred the world in unprecedented ways, among them the victory stand black rights protest by Tommy Smith and John Carlos at the Games in Mexico City. But in competition, no single athlete captured the ’60s more perfectly than Dick Fosbury, a failed Oregon prep high jumper who—in the wake of his little brother being killed by a drunk driver while the two were riding bikes and the subsequent divorce of his parents—invented a high jump style as a high school sophomore that ultimately won him an Olympic gold medal and revolutionized the event. No jumpers today use any other style than his. The Wizard of Foz is a story of innovation and imagination that blossoms 7,350 feet up in the High Sierra, where boulders and 100-foot trees festoon the interior of the Olympic Trials track. It is a story of loss, survival, and triumph, entwined in a person—Fosbury—and a time—the ’60s—clearly made for each other. And it is a story of a young man who refused to listen to those who laughed at him, those who doubted him, and those who tried to make him into someone he wasn’t. “My experience working with Skyhorse is always a positive collaboration. The editors are first-rate professionals, and my books receive top-shelf treatment. I truly appreciate our working relationship and hope it continues for years to come.” –David Fischer, author
The Wizard of Oz
Author: Lyman Frank Baum
Publisher: ABDO
ISBN: 9781577658078
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
After a cyclone transports her to the land of Oz, Dorothy must seek out the great wizard in order to return to Kansas.
Publisher: ABDO
ISBN: 9781577658078
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
After a cyclone transports her to the land of Oz, Dorothy must seek out the great wizard in order to return to Kansas.
The Wizard of Oz Catalog
Author: Fraser A. Sherman
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
This book provides synopses and basic bibliographical information for the 40 Oz books in the original series and a number of related books by the Royal Historians of Oz; synopses and credits for live performances, radio shows, performances on audiobook or vinyl records; theatrical films, and TV seriers; educational films; comic adapatations, electronic games; websites; and scenes on TV or in movies that have an Oz element.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
This book provides synopses and basic bibliographical information for the 40 Oz books in the original series and a number of related books by the Royal Historians of Oz; synopses and credits for live performances, radio shows, performances on audiobook or vinyl records; theatrical films, and TV seriers; educational films; comic adapatations, electronic games; websites; and scenes on TV or in movies that have an Oz element.
The Wizard of Oz
Author: Rh Value Publishing
Publisher: Crescent
ISBN: 9780517033814
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Publisher: Crescent
ISBN: 9780517033814
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Collecting Wizard of Oz Book
Author:
Publisher: Wizard of Oz books Guide
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 69
Book Description
Publisher: Wizard of Oz books Guide
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 69
Book Description
Wizard of Oz books Collectors Price Guide
Author:
Publisher: Wizard of Oz books Guide
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 69
Book Description
Publisher: Wizard of Oz books Guide
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 69
Book Description
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (EasyRead Super Large 24pt Edition)
Author:
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1427071446
Category : Fantasy
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1427071446
Category : Fantasy
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
The New Wizard of Oz (Classic Reprint)
Author: L. Frank Baum
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781440079481
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Excerpt from The New Wizard of Oz Yet the old-time fairy tale, having served for generations, may now be classed as historical in the children's library; for the time has come for a series of newer wonder tales in which the stereotyped genie, dwarf and fairy are eliminated, together with all the horrible and blood-curdling incident devised by their authors to point a fearsome moral to each tale. Modern education includes morality; therefore the modern child seeks only entertainment in its wonder-tales and gladly dispenses with all disagreeable incident. Having this thought in mind, the story of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was written solely to pleasure children of to-day. It aspires to being a modernized fairy tale, in which the wonder ment and joy are retained and the heart-aches and nightmares are left out. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781440079481
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Excerpt from The New Wizard of Oz Yet the old-time fairy tale, having served for generations, may now be classed as historical in the children's library; for the time has come for a series of newer wonder tales in which the stereotyped genie, dwarf and fairy are eliminated, together with all the horrible and blood-curdling incident devised by their authors to point a fearsome moral to each tale. Modern education includes morality; therefore the modern child seeks only entertainment in its wonder-tales and gladly dispenses with all disagreeable incident. Having this thought in mind, the story of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was written solely to pleasure children of to-day. It aspires to being a modernized fairy tale, in which the wonder ment and joy are retained and the heart-aches and nightmares are left out. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Author: L. Frank Baum
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3752338415
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3752338415
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
The Wizard of Oz & who He was
Author: Lyman Frank Baum
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description