Author: WALKER, JULIAN
Title: The Roar of the Crowd a Sporting Anthology
Description: London: British Library Publishing, 2016. Paperback. ISBN: 071230973X. B & W and Color; 8.2 X 5.9 X 0.9 inches; 224 pages; Softcover is self wraps. Black spine with white lettering. Ilustrated with color and b/w pictures. So many things are at work in our relationship with sport. Partisanship at the most visceral level, amazement at the display of the human body operating at the extremes of power, speed and strength, appreciation of grace, cunning, timing, spatial awareness, drama, forethought. Decades of rivalry are balanced by moments of sweet skill. This major new anthology of great sports writing captures the drama, the moments of speed and strength, as portrayed by great writers about many sports across the centuries.. New .

Keywords: 071230973x Sports; Athletes; Competitions; Games; Hobbies; Races; Team Sports; Horses; Horse Racing; Women/Womens' History Sports/Athletics Cultural History Animals European History American History Geography Biography/Memoirs/Journals Horses: : Nonfictio