Snowball's Chance: The Story of the 1960 Olympic Winter Games Squaw Valley & Lake Tahoe

Images of Sports

by David Antonucci

Snowball’s The Story of the 1960 Olympic Winter Games is the only book devoted solely to chronicling the historic events at Squaw Valley and Lake Tahoe. The VIII Olympic Winter Games took place in February 1960 in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California. From 30 countries around the world, 665 athletes gathered over 11 days to engage in five recognized Olympic winter sports contested in 27 events. These sports and events included alpine skiing, Nordic combined, cross-country skiing, biathlon, figure skating, speed skating, ice hockey and ski jumping. You-are-there accounts of all competition events with top scores and medal results for each sport are included. Readers will learn about the extensive pageantry and artistic expression of the opening and closing ceremonies produced by the legendary Walt Disney. The 200-page book includes 80-plus photographs by official photographer Bill Briner and others showing historic Olympic venues and athletes in the heat of competition.

Genres: Sports

200 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[Ashley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Comprehensive description of the 1960 Squaw Valley winter olympics, including the bid, the construction, the games themselves, and epilogues for various individuals involved. I was born after the games, but skated in Blythe Arena as a child and remember many of the other structures still around by the 1970s. The games so influenced the Tahoe I know and love - it was great to finally understand what those forces were and how they played out.

[Alice · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting info - more of a long report than what you would expect from a book