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Heroes and Ballyhoo : How the Golden Age of the 1920s Transformed American Sports
ISBN: 9781597974127 | 1597974129
Edition: 1stFormat: Hardcover
Publisher: Potomac Books Inc
Pub. Date: 11/6/2009
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A handful of star athletes, along with their promoters and journalists, created America's sports entertainment industry during the 1920s, the Golden Age of American sports. The period had an extraordinary impact, profoundly changing individual sports, establishing the secular religion of sports and sports heroes, and helping bond disparate social and regional sectors of the country. It's when sports became a cornerstone of modern American life. Heroes and Ballyhooprofiles the ten most prominent Golden Age heroes and describes their effect on sp... MORE
| List of Illustrations | p. ix |
| Acknowledgments | p. xi |
| Introduction: The Birth of Ballyhoo | p. 1 |
| Part I: The Early Years | p. 13 |
| Part I: The Curse of the Bambino | p. 36 |
| The Beginning of Spectator Tennis | p. 60 |
| The Haig Christens Professional Golf | p. 83 |
| From Olympic Champion to Tarzan | p. 105 |
| The Four Horsemen Ride Again | p. 129 |
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