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The Triumph of the Amateurs - The Rise, Ruin, and Banishment of Professional Rowing in the Gilded Age (Hardcover)
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The Triumph of the Amateurs - The Rise, Ruin, and Banishment of Professional Rowing in the Gilded Age (Hardcover)
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The Triumph of the Amateurs is the story of the lost world or
professional rowing in America, a sport that attracted crowds of
thousands, widespread betting, and ultimately corruption that
foretold its doom. It centers on the colorful careers of two New
York City Irish boys, the Biglin brothers John and Barney, now long
forgotten save for Thomas Eakins lovely portraits of them in their
scull. If the bestseller The Boys in the Boat portrayed the good
guys of the U.S.'s 1936 Olympic crew, the Biglins were the Bad Boys
in the Boat. Rascals abounded on and off the water, where rowdy
fans often outdid modern soccer thugs in violence, betting was
rampant-as was fixing-and spectators in the tens of thousands came
out to see it all. Racing to Oblivion traces the sport from its
rise in the years before the Civil War on through the Gilded Age to
its scandalous demise and eventual transition into a purely college
amateur sport. In addition Barney Biglin's later career as holder
of sinecures offers a colorful glimpse into late 19th-century New
York City political corruption. Illustrated with 40 black and white
and color illustrations, including Thomas Eakins famous paintings
of the Biglin brothers rowing on the Schuylkill River in
Philadelphia in 1873.
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