Jon Woronoff, the editor of the Historical Dictionaries of Sport, is presently seeking authors for a wide range of sports as this is a new series. The only ones presently spoken for are Basketball, Golf, and Track and Field. These books are basically one-volume encyclopedias with a chronology, introduction, and bibliography as well as the central "dictionary" section which makes up the largest part. The dictionary section should include entries on famous sportsmen/women, teams and leagues, professional and other organizations, major sporting events (championships, Olympics), the basics of the main sport and other variants, important technical terminology and jargon, etc.
Although called a "historical" dictionary, about half of the book should deal with the contemporary situation and the rest can cover earlier periods. These books will be published by Scarecrow Press and information on the press and existing series (there are about 400 such titles already available) can be found at www.scarecrowpress.com
Interested authors can contact Mr. Woronoff at jonworonoff@orange.fr Please note that he is seeking only authors for whole books (300-350 pages) and not contributors for specific entries or an editor who would then take on contributors. While most of these books are written by single authors it would be possible in some cases to have teams of two or three, but not more.
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