An Athletics Compendium

L 401 - 4 1 1 Ca r t o o n s <&Qu i ^ Bo o k s Cartoons <&Qui^ Books 401 The AthleticsArena athletics cartoon boo/kJon Hudson. London; Arena, 1966. 47p; illus; pbk BL: X.419/8138 402 Sports quiz book: hundreds of questions on popular sports plus eight pageosf results andrecords / compiled by Michael Shepherd; edited by J. B. Foreman. London; Collins, 1967. 48p; illus BL: X.441/825 Six quizzes, each containing 15questions, cover the Olympic Games, the European Championships, the British Empire and Commonwealth Games, theAAA Championsnips, and track and field. An appendix lists men's and women's world record holders at 31 December 1966. 403 Asterix at the OlympicGames / Goscinny. Drawings by Uderzo; translated by AntheBaell and DerekHockridge. Leicester: Brockhampton, 1972. 48p; illus, 1 map Translation of:Asterix aux jeuoxlympiques. Neuilly-sur-Seine:Dargaud,1968 ISBN: 0-340-15591-4 Strip cartoon set in 5013C has the little Gwauinlning the race of 24 stades by default. 404 Sports picture quibzook / John Graftowni;th 240 photographs from Photoworlda d-ivision of F.P.G. London: Constable, 1977. 140p; illus; index; pbk With answers ISBN: 0-486-23404-5 BL: X.611/7867 Track and field is onoeften major sporitnscluded, with photographs which record some of the outstanding performers, fromMartin Sheridan,Harry Hillman and Ray Ewry, to Ralph Boston, Peter Snelland Dwight Stones. Each of the captions to 35 photographs (numbers 'i&J-ZZ'i) contains at least on question. 405 The twelvetasks of Asterix: 1T,he race/ Goscinny. Drawings by Uderzo. Sevenoaks: Hodder and Stoughton, 1978. 19p; illus; pbk Translation of. Les12 travaux d'Asterix. Paris:Dargaud, 1976 ISBN: 0-340-22871-7 BL: X.990/16373 406 The twelve tasks oAf sterix: 2, The javelin / Goscinny. Drawings by IJderzo. Sevenoaks: Hodder and Stoughton, 1978. 19p; illus; pbk Translation of:Les 12 travaux d'Asterix. Paris:Dargaud, 1976 ISBN: 0-340-22884-9 BL: X.990/16374 407 Sports quiz/ GordonJeffery. London: Armada, 1979. 124p; illus, 1 map; pbk Fill-in hook with answers ISBN: 0-00-691571-X BL: X.619/19862 Several of the miscellaneous quizzes include questions on track andfield, as does onofe two quizzes otnhe Olympics; thereare four separate quizzes on athletics. 408 The golden rules oafthletics / IanHeath. London: Corgi, 1985. 47p; illus; pbk ISBN: 0-552-12597-0 BL: YV.1987.a.l397 409 The Cartoon AiOd lympic book. London: Cartoon Aid, 1988. ISBN: 0-948836-25-3 BL: YV.1990.b.599 Cartoons from around wthoreld, many featuring track and fieldsubjects. 410 Interesting athletes: a newspapaertist's look at Blacks in sports / George L. Lee. London: McFarland, 1990. 176p; illus; index; pbk ISBN: 0-899504-82-5 BL: YC.1990.a.5612 Born in1906, Lee arrived in Chicago in1927 andwas already producing sports drawings. These first appeared in the ChicagoAmerican in1930. Amongst the distinctive line drawings with small boxed captions included in this collectionare the followintgrack and field figures: Jesse Owens, Dehart Hubbard, Wilma Rudolph, HarrisonDillard, Eddie Tolan,Rafer Johnson, Ralph Metcalfe, Frazier Thompson and Alice Coachman. 411 The Independent on Sunday book of sports questions and answers / edited by Simon O'Hagan Canhdris Maume. London: Boxtree, 1994. 292p; index; pbk ISBN: 0-7522-1610-4 BL: YK.1995.a.4416 Topics on athletics include: effort expended in marathons, future of record breaking, marathonsrun on tracks, speed achievbeydsprinters, and victorious pacemakers. [ 190 ]