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On the Outside Edge : Being Diversions in the History of Skating

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First published in 1897, On the Outside Edge is a clever and insightful introduction to the history of ice skating. It begins by tracing the development of ice skates from bone skates to the type of skate used in nineteenth-century England. Then, it describes the development of figure skating in Europe in the nineteenth century. Some of Fowler's insights into the history of ice skating are stunning; he points out errors that continue to appear in histories of skating to this day.This edition includes the full text of the original work, a new introduction, and extensive commentary that provides background information and uses the results of current scholarship to bring this work into the twenty-first century.

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  • ISBN-13: 9781948100014
  • ISBN-10: 1948100010
  • Publisher: Skating History Press
  • Publish Date: January 2018
  • Dimensions: 8 x 5 x 0.36 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.38 pounds
  • Page Count: 154

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