On the Outside Edge: Being Diversions in the History of Skating [1897]

Auteur G. Herbert Fowler
Jaar 1897
Uitgever Horace Cox
Plaats London
Pagina's xii+72
Talen Engels
Land Verenigd Koninkrijk
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Beschrijving Summary of the history of skating with special emphasis on the development of figure skating. Fowler critiques stories from previous skating manuals and provides evidence for their veracity or lack thereof. The second half of the book describes the how, where, and when the various turns were invented and how figure skating developed in individual countries.
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