Caspar Whitney

Caspar Whitney

Caspar Whitney (2 Sept 1861?- 18 Jan 1929) [ [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/WHITNEY/2002-09/1031251640| Who's Who Whitney's] ] was an American author, editor, explorer and war correspondent [Time Magazine, 29 Jan 1929] . As a sports jounalist he was an advocate of athletic amateurism and was a member of the International Olympic Committee (1900-1905) and the American Olympic Committee (President 1906-1910 ). He wrote on a wide range of subjects including big-game hunting, inter collegiate sporting contests (especially football and baseball), amateur versus professional contests, and the Olympic games. [J.A.Lucas, "Journal of Olympic History" May 2000] In the early 1900s, he edited "The American Sportsman's Library," a quality series of 16 volumes.

Books by Caspar Whitney

*"Sporting Pilgimage" (1895)
*"On Snow-Shoes to the Barren Grounds" (1896)
*"Hawaiian America" (1899)
*"Musk-Ox, Bison, Sheep and Goat" (1904) [with others]
*"Jungle Trails and Jungle People" (1905)
*"Flowing Road" (1912)
*"What's the Matter with Mexico?" (1916)
*"Gott mit Uns - the Boche Delusion" (1918)
*"Hunt Clubs and Country Clubs in America" (1928)
*"Charles Adelbert Canfield" (1930)

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