Playgrounds to the Pros: An Illustrated History of Sports in Tacoma-Pierce County
From games played in schoolyards to professional championship teams, sports have occupied an important place in the cultural development of the Tacoma area. Playgrounds to the Pros provides an extensive overview of the sports played in the region during the last 150 years. It is not limited to such crowd favorites as baseball, football, and basketball; it also includes archery and auto racing, bowling and boxing, horseshoes and hydroplanes, marbles...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0295984775
ISBN13:9780295984773
Release Date:January 2005
Publisher:University of Washington Press
Length:448 Pages
Weight:4.20 lbs.
Dimensions:1.5" x 8.6" x 10.2"
Related Subjects
History of Sports Miscellaneous Sports & Outdoors Sports & Recreation State & LocalCustomer Reviews
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Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
The book was excelent, very informative and interesting especially for someone born and raised in Tacoma, who knew that there was a league for shooting marbles in the Lincoln bowl?
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