Lake Placid

by Laura Russell Viscome

Book Overview

It's called "The Olympic Village," but Lake Placid, New York is so much more than that.

It is called "the Olympic Village," and rightly so. In 1932, Lake Placid hosted the third Winter Olympics and hosted 13th edition of the famed event of 1980 when arguably the biggest upset in sports history, "The Miracle On Ice," occured. Lake Placid has placed an athlete on all but one winter Olympic roster since 1924. This small community...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738556726
• ISBN13: 9780738556727
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.5" x 9.2"