The Olympic Spirit: 100 Years of the Games
- ISBN-10
- 0006490549
- ISBN-13
- 9780006490548
- Category
- Olympic Games
- Pages
- 180
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1995
- Author
- Susan Wels
Description
Celebrates the centennial of the modern Olympic movement, beginning with the first Olympiad in Athens, Greece, in 1896
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