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God is Brazilian
Josh Lacey
其他書名
Charles Miller, the Man who Brought Football to Brazil
出版Tempus, 2005
主題Biography & Autobiography / GeneralBiography & Autobiography / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / Hispanic & LatinoBiography & Autobiography / SportsHistory / Modern / GeneralSports & Recreation / GeneralSports & Recreation / FootballSports & Recreation / HistorySports & Recreation / Soccer
ISBN07524341449780752434148
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=1nYTAQAAIAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋In 1894, Charles Miller arrived in Brazil with a pair of boots, a book of rules and a football. When he reached Sao Paulo, he was shocked to discover that no-one knew how to play. So he marked out a pitch, gathered twenty young men, and divided them into two teams...Today, Brazil are the greatest exponents of the beautiful game, and Charles Miller has been all but forgotten. This book resurrects his story and is a gripping narrative of one man's love of football and the clash between two very different cultures: the foxtrot versus the samba, the stiff upper lip versus swinging hips, Britain versus Brazil. Josh Lacey uncovers the history of the British in Brazil while narrating the profoundly moving story of a man who gave a country its greatest gift, but lost everything his heart, his soul and even his wife to that seductive country.