The Man Who Invented Basketball

James Naismith and His Amazing Game

• Author(s): Edwin Brit Wyckoff,
• Publisher: Enslow Publishers, Inc.
• Pages: 32
• ISBN_10: 0766028461
  ISBN_13: 9780766028463
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / Sports & Recreation , Juvenile Nonfiction / Sports & Recreation / Basketball ,

Description:... 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.