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For over a century New Englanders have taken to the slopes in
search of ways to enjoy the coldest months, and skiing has deep
roots in the region. In the late nineteenth century Scandinavian
immigrants worked to educate snowbound locals on how to ski, make
equipment, and prepare trails. Soon thereafter, colleges across the
Northeast built world-class ski programs, massive jumps were
constructed in Brattleboro and Berlin, and dozens of ski areas-big
and small-cropped up from the 1930s through the 1980s.Traveling the
Old Ski Tracks of New England offers a fascinating history of
downhill, cross-country, and backcountry skiing across the region
and its leading personalities. Moving from popular destinations
like Stowe, Cannon, Bromley, and Mount Washington to the less
intimidating hills surrounding Boston, Rhode Island, and
Connecticut, E. John B. Allen also recovers the forgotten stories
of ski areas that have been abandoned in the face of changing
tastes and a warming climate.
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Skis in the Art of War (Hardcover)
K. B. E. E. Eimeleus; Translated by William D. Frank; Introduction by E. John B. Allen
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Discovery Miles 7 790
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K. B. E. E. Eimeleus was ahead of his time with his advocacy of ski
training in the Russian armed forces. Employing terminology never
before used in Russian to describe movements with which few were
familiar, Skis in the Art of War gives a breakdown of the latest
techniques at the time from Scandinavia and Finland. Eimeleus's
work is an early and brilliant example of knowledge transfer from
Scandinavia to Russia within the context of sport. Nearly three
decades after he published his book, the Finnish army, employing
many of the ideas first proposed by Eimeleus, used mobile ski
troops to hold the Soviet Union at bay during the Winter War of
1939–40, and in response, the Soviet government organized a
massive ski mobilization effort prior to the German invasion in
1941. The Soviet counteroffensive against Nazi Germany during the
winter of 1941–42 owed much of its success to the Red Army ski
battalions that had formed as a result of the ski mobilization. In
this lucid translation that includes most of the original
illustrations, scholar and former biathlon competitor William D.
Frank collaborates with E. John B. Allen, known world-wide for his
work on ski history.
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