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Middleton, Haydn

Ancient Olympic Games

32 pp. | Heinemann | August, 2007 | Library ISBN 978-1-4329-0262-9 $29.29
New ed. (1999)

(4) 4-6 Olympics series. This updated series offers a history of the Olympic games, beginning with ancient Greece and focusing on the modern-day games. Some information appears in more than one volume, making the series as a whole somewhat repetitive. Numerous photographs and sidebars help break up the narrative. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Olympics titles: Ancient Olympic Games, Crises at the Olympics, Great Olympic Moments, and Modern Olympic Games.

Reviewer: Antonio Trujillo