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BALLEM, Charlie More Than Just a Game : One Hundred Years of Organized Sport in Prince Edward Island, 1850-1950. pbk.
Acorn Press, Charlottetown, PEI, 2004, ISBN:1894838084
BALLEM, Charlie. More Than Just a Game : One Hundred Years of Organized Sport in Prince Edward Island, 1850-1950 . Charlottetown, PEI: The Acorn Press, 2004. Pp. [1]-290,(2). Illustrated. 8vo, illustrated red card covers. "A chronicle of one hundred years of organized sport in Prince Edward Island, from the Island and Maritime playing fields to the ultimate athletic achievement in amateur sport: the Olympic Games. It tells the story of how sporting teams came together to create community, and at the same time, brought communities together. Included are the stories of athletes such as Bill Halpenny, PEI's first athlete to compete in the Olympics in 1904 and 1912; Michael Thomas, an Island Mi'kmaq, the best and most highly publiciized distance runner in Eastern Canada in 1912; and world-famous Joe O'Brien, a harness-racing driver from Alberton who could communicate with horses by the way he held the reins." - from the rear cover. Vg. 16.50
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