Frozen in Time: The Greatest Moments at the Winter Olympics - Hardcover

Greenspan, Bud

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9781575440279: Frozen in Time: The Greatest Moments at the Winter Olympics

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 157544027X ISBN 13: 9781575440279

Publisher: General Pub Group, 1997

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Pays tribute to athletes of the Winter Olympics with 56 profiles of medal-winning men and women from around the world who have competed since 1924. Each profile recounts memorable moments of the competition, with many quotes from athletes, and each contains a color or b&w photo. Includes statistics. No index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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The Olympics wouldn't be the same without drug testing, commercialism, and Bud Greenspan. A marvelous documentarian, Greenspan's mission is to find art in athleticism; he's made the official Olympic film for as long as anyone can remember. Frozen in Time, as the title of this fine chronicle of Olympians and Olympian effort implies, his medium is more of a snapshot. Built on short, illustrated profiles, the book's intent is to exalt the accomplishments of athletes both world renowned and obscure. What it lacks in depth, it more than makes up for in its inherent drama and sheer enjoyability.

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Veteran sports film producer Greenspan narrows the focus from his 1995 book 100 Greatest Moments in Olympic History (General Pub. Group) to look at the winter sports. Fifty-six brief chapters, each accompanied by a photo, dramatize athletes in figure skating, speed skating, downhill skiing, bobsled, hockey, ski jumping, and more. Included are the famous (Katerina Witt, Jean-Claude Killy) and the obscure (Irv Jaffe, Anders Haugen), and Greenspan gives balanced treatment to American and foreign performers. Males outnumber females two to one. This book provides dramatic narrative that more results-oriented books, such as David Wallechinsky's Complete Book of the Winter Olympics (Little, Brown, 1993) or the Olympics Factbook (Visible Ink, 1992) only offer in small amounts. A good addition to public libraries where the Winter Olympics are popular.?Kathy Ruffle, Coll. of New Caledonia Lib., Prince George, B.C.
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