{"product_id":"the-baa-at-125-john-hanc-9781613211984","title":"The B.A.A. at 125: The Official History of the Boston Athletic Association, 1887-2012","description":"Founded in 1887 and celebrating its 125th anniversary in 2012, the Boston Athletic Association is one of the oldest sports organizations in America. It's best known today for its signature annual event, the Boston Marathon, which is the third-largest marathon and attracts tens of thousands of participants and worldwide media coverage. But the B.A.A. has also been amazingly prescient in anticipating what would become one of the major social trends of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries: the modern fitness movement. Consider some of the B.A.A.'s firsts: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNine out of the fourteen members of the US team participating in the modern Olympic Games in Athens (1896) were B.A.A. athletes.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe B.A.A. launched the first US marathon, the Boston Marathon, in 1897.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe B.A.A. pioneered and actively promoted many of today's popular sports, including football and water polo.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe original B.A.A. club house, in the historic Back Bay section of Boston, is the precursor of today's health club.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStill, the B.A.A. story is not simply one of athletic achievements and firsts. It's also the dramatic story of people and the times in which they lived--a social history that unfolds in nineteenth-century Boston but takes readers around the world, up to the present, and includes a large and international cast of characters. A wonderfully illustrated history, \u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eB.A.A. at 125\u003c\/i\u003e highlights the Boston Athletic Association's important role in American sports history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Hanc\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1613211988\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781613211984\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sports Publishing LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 114\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.13h x 8.85w x 0.79d","brand":"John Hanc","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43939174449407,"sku":"9781613211984","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_17506cea-893d-444d-9eeb-aa04e6d5198b.jpg?v=1681439936","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-baa-at-125-john-hanc-9781613211984","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}