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Author:
Stokes, Erica M.
Title:
Sports of Mexico / by Erica M. Stokes.
Publisher:
Mason Crest Publishers,
Copyright Date:
2009
Description:
64 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm.
Subject:
Sports--Mexico--Juvenile literature.
Sports--Mexico--History--Juvenile literature.
Sports--Mexico.
Sports--Mexico--History.
Sports--Mexico.
Sports--Mexico--History.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 60) and index.
Contents:
Team sports are tops in Mexico -- Animal sports--tradition or cruelty? -- Mexico : where water runs high and adventure runs everywhere -- Mexicans ride 'em, rope 'em, and wrangle 'em -- Mexicans hold the ball in their court : handball, jai alai, and tennis -- Mexicans salute solo sports -- Chronology.
Summary:
Introduces athletic activities that are popular in Mexico, providing historical information, "fast facts," and basic descriptions of a wide variety of team and individual sports.
Series:
Mexico, beautiful land diverse people
Indexed by:
Horn Book, October 2009
Horn Book
ISBN:
1422207218
9781422207215 (pbk.)
1422206548
9781422206546 (lib. bdg.)
LCCN:
2008031855
Locations:
LASX353 -- CAL Community School District Library (Latimer)

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