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Boathouse row : waves of change in the birthplace of American rowing /
The history of Philadelphia's Boathouse Row is both wide and deep. Dotty Brown, an avid rower and former editor at the Philadelphia Inquirer, immersed herself in boathouse archives to provide a comprehensive history of rowing in Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia :
Temple University Press,
[2017]
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Table of Contents:
- Ch. One Before Boathouse Row: First There Was a Dam
- ch. Two Thomas Eakins: In the Heyday of Rowing, a Young Artist Paints His Friends
- ch. Three Frank Furness: Architectural One-upmanship Remakes the Row
- ch. Four John B. Kelly: An Irish Bricklayer Builds a Legend and legacy
- ch. Five Tom Curran and Joe Burk: The Collegiate Calling of Two American Champions
- ch. Six Ernestine Bayer: Women and Their Fight for the Right to Row
- ch. Seven The "Vesper Eight": A Motley Crew Vies for an Olympic Berth
- ch. Eight Edward T. Stotesbury: The Forgotten Forces of High School Rowing.