| Billy Goats, Magazine Covers and the Bambino: Why Sports Fans Believe in Curses and the Stories Behind the Most Famous of All Bad-Luck Sports Supersti Contributor(s): Brantley, Caroline (Author) |
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ISBN: 124116939X ISBN-13: 9781241169398 Publisher: Webster's Digital Services OUR PRICE: $18.68 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2011 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 7.44" W x 9.69" (0.59 lbs) 142 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Whether fans are just overly superstitious or need something to blame for losing teams, "curses" on sports teams have become a vital part of American folklore. This book looks at the mentality behind superstition and explores the origins of several sports-related curses, including the Curse of the Bambino, the Curse of the Billy Goat and the San Diego Sports Curse. Project Webster represents a new publishing paradigm, allowing disparate content sources to be curated into cohesive, relevant, and informative books. To date, this content has been curated from Wikipedia articles and images under Creative Commons licensing, although as Project Webster continues to increase in scope and dimension, more licensed and public domain content is being added. We believe books such as this represent a new and exciting lexicon in the sharing of human knowledge. |