The Resource The bumper book of slightly forgotten but nevertheless still great British Olympians and other sporting heroes, by Simon Bullivant ; illustrations by Nigel Winfield
The bumper book of slightly forgotten but nevertheless still great British Olympians and other sporting heroes, by Simon Bullivant ; illustrations by Nigel Winfield
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The item The bumper book of slightly forgotten but nevertheless still great British Olympians and other sporting heroes, by Simon Bullivant ; illustrations by Nigel Winfield represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Libraries.
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- Summary
- This is a collection of stirring tales of pluck, grit, triumph, disaster and on occasion, ineptitude, featuring a host of former sportspeople who've been utterly forgotten by history.
- Language
- eng
- Label
- The bumper book of slightly forgotten but nevertheless still great British Olympians and other sporting heroes
- Title
- The bumper book of slightly forgotten but nevertheless still great British Olympians and other sporting heroes
- Statement of responsibility
- by Simon Bullivant ; illustrations by Nigel Winfield
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This is a collection of stirring tales of pluck, grit, triumph, disaster and on occasion, ineptitude, featuring a host of former sportspeople who've been utterly forgotten by history.
- Biography type
- collective biography
- Cataloging source
- StDuBDS
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Bullivant, Simon
- Dewey number
- 796.0207
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- GV697.A1
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Winfield, Nigel
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Olympic athletes
- Athletes
- Biography
- Humour
- Humour collections & anthologies
- Olympic & Paralympic games
- Summary expansion
- The Bumper Book of Slightly Forgotten British Olympians and Other Sporting Heroes is just that: a collection of stirring tales of pluck, grit, triumph, disaster and on occasion, ineptitude, featuring a host of former sportspeople who've been utterly forgotten by history. From Maude Waveney, the plucky servant girl who bravely took half a day off work scrubbing kitchen floors to win a gold medal folding bedsheets in the first London games, to Tom Drake, Dressage's first punk, who shocked the sport with his slashed jacket and swear words on his hat.There's the tale of the Lincolnshire javelin thrower who fell under the spell of a cult devoted to the eating of egg and chips; of the mascot of Bexhill-on-Sea's ill fated bid to host the Olympics and "Ample" Arthur Cartwright, whose football career was blighted by an obsession with archaeology. They, and many others, all have a story to tell
- Label
- The bumper book of slightly forgotten but nevertheless still great British Olympians and other sporting heroes, by Simon Bullivant ; illustrations by Nigel Winfield
- Note
- Includes index
- Control code
- BDZ0012888614
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- xiii, 273 p.
- Isbn
- 9781849017466
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Other physical details
- ill.
- Label
- The bumper book of slightly forgotten but nevertheless still great British Olympians and other sporting heroes, by Simon Bullivant ; illustrations by Nigel Winfield
- Note
- Includes index
- Control code
- BDZ0012888614
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- xiii, 273 p.
- Isbn
- 9781849017466
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Other physical details
- ill.
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