Oxford Companion to Australian Sport

Name: Oxford Companion to Australian Sport
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ISBN: 9780195532876

ISBN-10: 0195532872

ISBN-13: 9780195532876

Edition: 1992

Authors: Wray Vamplew, Katharine Moore, John O'Hara, Richard Cashman, Ian F. Joblin

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Australia is a nation of sporting enthusiasts, as famous throughout the world for its athletes as for its sporting obsessions. This book is the first authoritative and encyclopedic reference on sport in Australia. Produced by the Australian Society for Sports History, in association with the Australian Sports Commission, The Oxford Companion to Australian Sport provides the first cohesive overview of the temper and development of the innumerable codes that constitute the Australian sporting character. Vamplew and his co-editors provide readers with almost 1000 entries on everything from "Bodyline" to pigeon-racing. All sports are covered, not just the major ones like cricket, Australian…

Book details

List price: $45.00
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/3/1993
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 440
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.936
Language: English

John OHara was born in Pennsylvania on 31 January 1905. His first novel, Appointment in Samarra (1934), won him instant acclaim, and quickly came to be regarded as one of the most prominent writers in America. He won the National Book Award for his novel Ten North Frederick and had more stories published in the New Yorker than anyone in the history of the magazine. His fourteen novels include A Rage to Live, Pal Joey, BUtterfield 8 and From the Terrace. John OHara died on 11 April 1970.