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The Man Who Invented Basketball: James Naismith and His Amazing Game (Genius at Work! Great Inventor Biographies) by Edwin Brit Wyckoff

The Man Who Invented Basketball: James Naismith and His Amazing Game (Genius at Work! Great Inventor Biographies)

Edwin Brit Wyckoff
32 pages
Enslow Elementary
Aug 2007
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Edwin Brit Wyckoff illustrates James Naismith's difficult childhood in Ontario, Canada in the mid- to late 19th century, and connects his past difficulties with making positive contributions to others. The author shows how the inventor evolved as a person and how the game that he invented evolved as a sport.
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