The Olympics

by Bob Fowke

Did you know that one gymnast in 1904 won gold even though he had a wooden legFrom the first ever Games in Olympia, Greece, to Sydney 2000, via Much Wenlock. Everything you could possibly want to know about the Olympics past, present and future ...

128 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2000

About the author

Bob Fowke is a prolific writer with over sixty books to his name or written in collaboration with other writers. Most of his books have been published by major British publishers, mainly Hodder Headline but also Oxford University Press, Collins and Heinemann. The majority of them are history and science books for children but he is also the author of The Real Ancient Mariner, about the 18th-century British sailor who shot an albatross in 1719, thus inspiring the focal point of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's famous poem, The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere.

Reviews

[Lyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

A light hearted gallop through the history of The Olympics. Chock full of interesting facts and amusing stories.