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Author:

Herman, Gail, 1959- author.

Title:

What are the Summer Olympics? / by Gail Herman ; illustrated by Stephen Marchesi.

Publisher:

Grosset & Dunlapan imprint of Penguin Random House,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

108 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 20 cm.

Subject:

Olympics--Juvenile literature.
Olympics.
Juvenile works.

Other Authors:

Marchesi, Stephen, illustrator.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 108). Includes filmography.

Contents:

What are the Summer Olympics? -- The ancient Games, 776 BC-AD 393 -- The modern Games begin: late 1800s -- The Olympics grow: the early 1900s -- New Games: news stars, the 1920s -- Politics enter the Games: the 1930s -- After the war: late 1940s and 1950s -- Time for change: the 1960s -- Munich and Montreal: the 1970s -- Dives and drugs: the 1980s -- Dreams lost and found: the 1990s -- A new century: the 2000s -- At the close -- Movies about the Olympics -- Timelines.

Summary:

An overview of the Summer Olympics from Grecian times through 2012.

Series:

What are...?

ISBN:

1518213405
9781518213403

OCLC:

(OCoLC)913135868

LCCN:

2016935024

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