Games of Deception: The True Story of the First U.S. Olympic Basketball Team at the 1936 Olympics in Hitler's Germany
by Andrew Maraniss
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0525514635
- ISBN 13
- 9780525514633
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Philomel Books , 2019 Philomel Books, New York. 2019. Hardcover. First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light bumping to tail. DJ: Near Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($18.99); light bumping to tail. Blue paper over boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 217 pp 8vo. On July 15, 1936 the U.S. Olympic team set off on the SS Manhattan bound for Berlin and Hitlerism. The Olympians were sheltered from the true horrors of the Nazi reign and saw only a movie set world. This is the incredible true story of basketball from its invention by Dr. Naismith in 1891 to the sport's Olympic debut in Berlin and the eclectic mix of people, events, and propaganda on both sides of the Atlantic that made it all possible. A clean very presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015748
- Title
- Games of Deception: The True Story of the First U.S. Olympic Basketball Team at the 1936 Olympics in Hitler's Germany
- Author
- Andrew Maraniss
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0525514635
- ISBN 13
- 9780525514633
- Publisher
- Philomel Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 2019
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- basketball, Dr. James Naismith, 1936 Olympics, Berlin, Nazi Germany, U.S. Olympic Basketball Team, 1936 Olympic Basketball team, McPherson Globe Refiners, AAU Basketball, Amateur Athletic Union.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana;
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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