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Quidditch through the ages / Kennilworthy Whisp.

By: Language: English Publisher: New York, NY : Arthur A. Levine Books ; London : WhizzHard Books, 2001Edition: 1st American edDescription: vii, 56 p. ill. 20 cmISBN:
  • 0439295025
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 823 21
  • 823 21
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A history of the sport Quidditch, answering such questions such as where the Golden Snitch came from, or why the Wigtown Wanderers have meat cleavers on their robes.

Written by J.K. Rowling as a fictitious author

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Foreword(p. vii)
  • 1. The Evolution of the Flying Broomstick(p. 1)
  • 2. Ancient Broom Games(p. 3)
  • 3. The Game From Queerditch Marsh(p. 7)
  • 4. The Arrival of the Golden Snitch(p. 10)
  • 5. Anti-Muggle Precautions(p. 15)
  • 6. Changes in Quidditch Since the Fourteenth Century(p. 17)
  • Pitch(p. 17)
  • Balls(p. 20)
  • Players(p. 23)
  • Rules(p. 27)
  • Referees(p. 30)
  • 7. Quidditch Teams of Britain and Ireland(p. 31)
  • 8. The Spread of Quidditch Worldwide(p. 38)
  • 9. The Development of the Racing Broom(p. 47)
  • 10. Quidditch Today(p. 51)