New England Skiing
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New England Skiing

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New England Skiing

About this book

Skiing in New England has not always been such a breathtaking sport connected with winter vacations at distant and local resorts. From the early 1870s, Norwegian, Swedish, and Finnish immigrants utilized skis to carry the mail and to travel through the woods to school and work. Later, a group of college men at Dartmouth founded the Outing Club, which transformed skiing from everyday practicality into swift-moving recreation. Since that time, the excitement and exhilaration of skiing has spread nationwide. In this volume, we will explore the history of skiing in this region, from its early, simpler days of cross-country and jumping to the rising popularity of alpine skiing beginning in the 1930s. Rather than a technical history, this book concentrates on presenting a story that is fluid like the sport itself, focusing on places, personalities, and major innovations between the early 1870s and 1940.

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Yes, you can access New England Skiing by E. John B. Allen in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in History & North American History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Year
1997
eBook ISBN
9781439632284
Edition
0

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Table of Contents
  6. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  7. INTRODUCTION
  8. One - AN IMMIGRANT IMPORT: THE SKEE
  9. Two - CLUBS AND CARNIVALS: ORGANIZING SKIING
  10. Three - KNIGHTS OF THE AIR: JUMPING
  11. Four - TOOLS OF THE SEASON: MARKETING THE MAGIC
  12. Five - FASHION FOR SNOW FROLICS: WINTER TOGS
  13. Six - BEND ZE KNEEZ: ARLBERG INSTRUCTION
  14. Seven - HAVE A GLORIOUS SUN-DAY: SNOW TRAINS
  15. Eight - ANOTHER SPORT GONE SOFTY: SKI TOWS
  16. Nine - SPEED IS THE LURE: SPORTSMEN IN ACTION
  17. Ten - DOWNHILL ALL THE WAY: RACING THE TRAILS
  18. Eleven - MT. WASHINGTON: TUCKERMAN RAVINE
  19. SOURCES
  20. SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY