The Big Scrum: How Teddy Roosevelt Saved Football - Rilegato

Miller, John J.

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ISBN 10: 0061744506 ISBN 13: 9780061744501

Casa editrice: HarperCollins, 2011

Riassunto

An intriguing history explores how President Theodore Roosevelt helped to save football from obscurity. By the author of Our Oldest Enemy: A History of America's Disastrous Relationship with France. 30,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

“Football enthusiassts and Theodore Roosevelt admirers will both enjoy and learn from these little-known but important historic events that preserved from extinction one of America’s favorite sports.” (Tweed Roosevelt, president of the Theodore Roosevelt Association)

“In Miller’s hands, the story of Theodore Roosevelt’s love for, and defense of, ‘the great game’ has as much vigor and passion as Roosevelt himself. It’s a fascinating and thoroughly American tale.” (Candice Millard, author of The River of Doubt)

“A worthy addendum to the story of football’s rise . . . [and] a good yarn.” (Kirkus Reviews)

“[Miller] is on target with a necessarily selective biography highlighting Roosevelt’s lifelong affinity for sports and physical activity, thereby providing context for understanding why a president would devote valuable time to what was then a minor sport. [An] enjoyable history of a seldom-explored turning point in American sports history.” (Booklist)

L'autore:

John Miller is a national correspondent for National Review and a contributor to the Wall Street Journal. He is the author of four books.

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• Editore: HarperCollins
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0061744506
• ISBN 13: 9780061744501
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 258