BIG SCRUM: How Teddy Roosevelt Saved Football - Brossura

Miller, John J

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ISBN 10: 0061744522 ISBN 13: 9780061744525

Casa editrice: Perennial, 2012

Riassunto

John J. Miller delivers the intriguing, never-before-told story of how Theodore Roosevelt saved American Football—a game that would become the nation’s most popular sport. Miller’s sweeping, novelistic retelling captures the violent, nearly lawless days of late 19th century football and the public outcry that would have ended the great game but for a crucial Presidential intervention. Teddy Roosevelt’s championing of football led to the creation of the NCAA, the innovation of the forward pass, a vital collaboration between Walter Camp, Charles W. Eliot, John Heisman and others, and, ultimately, the creation of a new American pastime. Perfect for readers of Douglas Brinkley’s Wilderness Warrior, Michael Lewis’s The Blind Side, and Conn and Hal Iggulden’s The Dangerous Book for Boys, Miller’s The Big Scrum reclaims from the shadows of obscurity a remarkable story of one defining moment in our nation’s history.

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Recensione:

"[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 J. Miller is national correspondent of National Review, a contributor to the Wall Street Journal, and the author of four books, including the novel The First Assassin and Our Oldest Enemy: A History of America's Disastrous Relationship with France.

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• Editore: Perennial
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0061744522
• ISBN 13: 9780061744525
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 272