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

by Frank Zarnowski

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, were common in the antebellum and post-Civil War periods, often drawing large crowds and the attention of sporting journals.

For many years conventional...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786467843
• ISBN13: 9780786467846
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher