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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
Rugby Football was the first volume in the successful nine-part
series on Sports and Pastimes that was written for the Isthmian
Library between 1896 and 1901. It was also one of the first rugby
books to be written after members of the Rugby Football Union
became bitterly divided over a proposal to pay match expenses to
players. During 1896, the R.F.U. split and two new rugby codes were
born; the strictly amateur code of Rugby Union and the more
professionally inclined code of Rugby League. Bertram Fletcher
Robinson was a supporter of amateurism in sport and he felt that
the time was ripe to chart the birth of Rugby Union as a distinct
branch of Rugby Football. During the 1890s, The Times newspaper
described Fletcher Robinson as a household name within rugby
circles . Robinson played as a Forward alongside many international
players for both the Cambridge University Rugby Football Club 1st
XV and the Combined Oxford & Cambridge University Rugby
Football Club XV. According to his obituary in the Daily Express
newspaper, he would have been capped for England but for an
accident. Hence he was well qualified to write an anecdotal account
of the origin of Rugby Union. Rugby Football details the laws,
training techniques and tactics that were specific to Rugby Union
during its nascent period. It also reviews the development of Rugby
Union in British educational institutions and as a global
international sport. Rugby Football includes contributions from
several other historical rugby figures: Frank Mitchell (Cambridge
University & England), Richard Henry Burdon Cattell (Oxford
University, Blackheath, Moseley, Barbarians, Midland Counties &
England), Charles James Nicol Fleming (Oxford University &
Scotland), Gregor MacGregor (Cambridge University, Barbarians &
Scotland) and Henry Barrington Tristram (Oxford University &
England).
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Hobo Stories (Paperback)
Patrick Casey, Terence Casey; Introduction by John Locke
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R690
Discovery Miles 6 900
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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A complete five-story series set in the backroads, railyards, and
seedy hobo jungles of America where tramps traveled and
congregated; a grand saga of life in a strange, often violent
underworld. Includes the initial story from the SATURDAY EVENING
POST (1914), and the remainder from the pulp magazine, ADVENTURE
(1916-21). The authors were two brothers from San Francisco who
started selling regularly to the pulps as teenagers. Included is a
biography of the amazing Caseys, an examination of the roots of
their hobo fiction, and, from the pulp ROMANCE (1920), their
revelatory short story about the adventures of a teenage pulp
writer.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
LIFE'S MYSTERIES, WHY HOT WOMEN LOVE TACO BELL, AND MUCH, MUCH LESS
ARE FINALLY EXPLAINED IN A WAY THE REST OF US CAN UNDERSTAND--WITH
FLASHY COLOR GRAPHICS Respected academics agree that The World
Reduced to Infographics is jam-packed with colorful illustrations.
Now you can finally understand complex facts with the ease and
enjoyment of eating an ice cream sandwich. After all, any
information that can't be explained with a hilarious infographic
isn't worth knowing. * Are You Pregnant? Flow Chart * Doomed Cities
of U.S. Map * Human Anatomy of Vices Diagram * Reasons to Go
Fishing Pie Chart * Bowling Score by Drunkenness Area Graph
A comprehensive history of the oldest surviving rugby club in
Bristol. Founded in 1872 by Masters and former pupils of Clifton
College, its roots go back to Rugby School itself. This all started
with www.cliftonrfchistory.co.uk which has now become the largest
rugby club history website in the world.
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