Author: HOWELL, NANCY; HOWELL, MAXWELL L.
Title: Sports and Games in Canadian Life: 1700 to the Present
Description: Canada: MacMillan, 1971. Reprint. Hardcover. 378 pages. Reference notes, bibliography and index. Black and white illustrations. "The story of every conceivable native or imported sport played in Canada: not just the obvious ones, such as ice-hockey and lacrosse, baseball and swimming, but quoits and tug-of-war, snow shoeing and mountain climbing. The account is light and readable, with generous quotations from a wide range of contemporary newspapers, journals, histories, and autobiographies." - from dust jacket. Usual library markings. Wonderful wraparound photo on dust jacket displays a female tug of war! Average wear. Binding intact. Sound copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Sports and Games in Canadian Life: 1700 to the Present Recreation Leisure. Good in Good dust jacket .

Keywords: : 1700 History