Fox tossing, octopus wrestling, and other forgotten sports
Brooke-Hitching, Edward2016
Books
From Spile Troshing to Mumble a Sparrow, Edward Brooke-Hitching has researched through piles of dusty tomes to bring vividly back to life some of the most curious, dangerous and downright bizarre sports and pastimes that mankind has ever devised, before thinking better of it and erasing it from the memory.
Main title:
Fox tossing, octopus wrestling, and other forgotten sports / Edward Brooke-Hitching.
Author:
Brooke-Hitching, Edward, author
Imprint:
London : Simon & Schuster, 2016.
Collation:
xi, 258 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2015.Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781471148996 (pbk)
Dewey class:
796.09
Language:
English
BRN:
2064160