Author |
Calhoun, A. R. (Alfred Rochefort), 1844- |
Title |
Healthful Sports for Boys
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Contents |
Marbles: how played -- Whip tops and top games -- Kites and how made -- Hoops, wheels and buzzers -- Let's go a-fishing -- Boating and canoeing -- Small sail boats -- How to swim -- Styles of swimming -- Things boys should know -- Curious rhymes for games -- Tag and bull in the ring -- All about leap frog -- Duck on the rock; cat -- Ball, bat and racket -- American baseball -- All about football -- Mumbly peg; hop scotch -- How to camp out -- Bicycles and lassoes -- Golf, hockey and shinny -- Skating; skiing; snow shoeing -- Coasting; tobogganing; sleds -- General athletics -- Cries; shouts; college yells -- Clever tricks -- Sleight-of-hand.
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Credits |
Produced by Joshua Hutchinson, Juliet Sutherland, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
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Language |
English |
LoC Class |
GV: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Recreation, Leisure
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Subject |
Games
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Subject |
Amusements
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Category |
Text |
EBook-No. |
6129 |
Release Date |
Jul 1, 2004 |
Most Recently Updated |
Dec 29, 2020 |
Copyright Status |
Public domain in the USA. |
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