Sports in America
- ISBN-10
- 0345483065
- ISBN-13
- 9780345483065
- Series
- Sports in America
- Category
- Sports & Recreation
- Pages
- 576
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1987-07
- Publisher
- Dial Press Trade Paperback
- Author
- James A. Michener
Description
Originally published: New York: Random House, 1976.
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