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American Work-Sports: A History of Competitions for Cornhuskers, Lumberjacks, Firemen and Others

Frank Zarnowski

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Description:For more than a century the American farm, factory and frontier provided opportunities for physical workers to display their skill, win a bet, brag or perhaps just have some fun. Competitions that emphasized useful skills, like plowing, corn-husking, rock drilling, typesetting, and tree cutting, was common in the antebellum and post-Civil War periods, often drawing large crowds and the attention of sporting journals. For many years conventional American sports occurred in the workplace. This may help explain why the nicknames of so many prominent collegiate or professional sporting teams--Cornhuskers, Lumberjacks, Miners, Cowboys, Packers and Boilermakers--are also the occupations of 19th century worker-athletes.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with American Work-Sports: A History of Competitions for Cornhuskers, Lumberjacks, Firemen and Others. To get started finding American Work-Sports: A History of Competitions for Cornhuskers, Lumberjacks, Firemen and Others, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: For more than a century the American farm, factory and frontier provided opportunities for physical workers to display their skill, win a bet, brag or perhaps just have some fun. Competitions that emphasized useful skills, like plowing, corn-husking, rock drilling, typesetting, and tree cutting, was common in the antebellum and post-Civil War periods, often drawing large crowds and the attention of sporting journals. For many years conventional American sports occurred in the workplace. This may help explain why the nicknames of so many prominent collegiate or professional sporting teams--Cornhuskers, Lumberjacks, Miners, Cowboys, Packers and Boilermakers--are also the occupations of 19th century worker-athletes.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with American Work-Sports: A History of Competitions for Cornhuskers, Lumberjacks, Firemen and Others. To get started finding American Work-Sports: A History of Competitions for Cornhuskers, Lumberjacks, Firemen and Others, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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