The Big Scrum: How Teddy Roosevelt Saved Football

Miller, John J.

ISBN 10: 0061744522 / ISBN 13: 9780061744525

Verlag: Harper Perennial, 2012

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 0061744522-3-27267657

Inhaltsangabe:

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 19^th 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.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

John J. Miller is director of the Dow Journalism Program at Hillsdale College, national correspondent for National Review, a contributor to the Wall Street Journal, and the author of five books, including the novel The First Assassin.

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Titel: The Big Scrum: How Teddy Roosevelt Saved ...
Verlag: Harper Perennial
Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
Einband: paperback
Zustand: Good