From Skisport to Skiing: One Hundred Years of an American Sport, 1840-1940

by E. John B. Allen

Book Overview

The first full-length study of skiing in the United States, this book traces the history of the sport from its utilitarian origins to its advent as a purely recreational and competitive activity.

During the mid-1800s, inhabitants of frontier mining communities in the Sierra and Rocky mountains used skis for many practical reasons, including mail and supply delivery, hunting, and railroad repair. In some towns skis were so common that, according...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0047EKY2O
• ISBN13: 9781558490475
• Release Date: August 1996
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"