Figure Skating and the Arts

An underrated gem! Most coffee table books on figure skating that have been put out over the last 20 years have gone in one direction, and this one veered out into another. The visuals are stunning and the many of the aspects of skating history Frances Dafoe touched on weren't the standard ‘skating book fare'. It's always interesting to me how certain skating books have taken off and others haven't had as much fanfare. This is the book should have had much, much more fanfare than it did. If it's not in your collection, track down a copy if you can. You will not be disappointed.