Historical Books about Sports Biographies

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A History of American Sports in 100 Objects
Cait Murphy

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Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
Laura Hillenbrand

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Beautiful Jim Key: The Lost History of a Horse and a Man Who Changed the World
Mim Eichler Rivas

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Legacy of the Gladiators: Italian Americans in Sports
Nick Manzello

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All-Around Men: Heroes of a Forgotten Sport
Frank Zarnowski

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The Beckoning Silence
Joe Simpson

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A Cultural History of Chess-Players: Minds, Machines, and Monsters
John Sharples

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A Passion for Mountains: The Lives of Don and Phyllis Munday
Kathryn Bridge

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Only in America: From Hot Coffee to Scrambled Eggs to Nuclear Submarines
Robert Crosby

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Man O'War
Walter Farley

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The Man Who Sank Titanic: The Troubled Life of Quartermaster Robert Hichens
Sally Nilsson

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Iron Mac: The Legend of Roughhouse Cyclist Reggie McNamara
Andrew M. Homan

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The Idealist: The Story of Baron Pierre de Coubertin
George Hirthler

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Fit for America: Athletic Administration and Collegiate Sport, 1914-1945
Matthew Lindaman

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The Flying Scotsman: The Eric Liddell Story
Sally Magnusson

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Jim Corbett, Master of the Jungle
Tim Werling

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Endgame: Bobby Fischer's Remarkable Rise and Fall—From America's Brightest Prodigy to the Edge of Madness
Frank Brady

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Adolf Albin: A Chess Master in Late Nineteenth Century America
Olimpiu G. Urcan

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Man O' War: A Legend Like Lightning
Dorothy Ours

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Around the World on Two Wheels: Annie Londonderry's Extraordinary Ride
Peter Zheutlin

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