| On the Outside Edge: Being Diversions in the History of Skating Contributor(s): Thurber, B. a. (Editor), Fowler, G. Herbert (Author) |
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ISBN: 1948100010 ISBN-13: 9781948100014 Publisher: Skating History Press OUR PRICE: $18.05 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | History - Sports & Recreation | Ice & Figure Skating |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2018930019 |
| Physical Information: 0.36" H x 5" W x 7.99" (0.38 lbs) 154 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: First published in 1897, On the Outside Edge is a clever and insightful introduction to the history of ice skating. It begins by tracing the development of ice skates from bone skates to the type of skate used in nineteenth-century England. Then, it describes the development of figure skating in Europe in the nineteenth century. Some of Fowler's insights into the history of ice skating are stunning; he points out errors that continue to appear in histories of skating to this day.This edition includes the full text of the original work, a new introduction, and extensive commentary that provides background information and uses the results of current scholarship to bring this work into the twenty-first century. |