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Paul Gallico Farewell to Sport (Paperback)
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- Book Title
- Farewell to Sport
- Publication Name
- Farewell to Sport
- Title
- Farewell to Sport
- Contributor
- Zachary Michael Jack (Introduction by)
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- EAN
- 9780803267619
- ISBN
- 9780803267619
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Genre
- Sports & Recreation
- Topic
- General, Essays
- Release Year
- 2008
- Release Date
- 30/12/2008
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 222mm
- Item Length
- 8.8in
- Publication Year
- 2008
- Item Width
- 5.8in
- Item Weight
- 15.1 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 368 Pages
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For fourteen years during the golden age of sports, Paul Gallico was one of America's ace sportswriters. He saw them all--the stars and the hams, the immortals and the phonies in boxing, wrestling, baseball, football, golf, tennis, and every other field of muscular endeavor in which men and women try to break hearts and necks for cash or glory. Then in 1937, at the height of his game (and the height of the payroll), Gallico suddenly and famously called it quits and left the New York Daily News . But before he departed the world of sports, he left his legions of fans one last hurrah: a collection of his best sports essays called, appropriately, Farewell to Sport . Here, in twenty-six chapters, every major and minor sport is covered. Included are sketches of Babe Ruth, Jack Dempsey, Gene Tunney, Tex Rickard, and Jack Sharkey, written in an accessible, conversational style. Often credited with creating "participatory journalism," Gallico would play golf with Bobby Jones, catch Major League pitcher Dizzy Dean's fastball, swim with Johnny Weissmuller, play tennis with Helen Wills, catch passes from quarterback Benny Friedman, and box with Jack Dempsey (he lasted one minute, thirty-seven seconds).
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
ISBN-10
0803267614
ISBN-13
9780803267619
eBay Product ID (ePID)
66013001
Product Key Features
Book Title
Farewell to Sport
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
General, Essays
Publication Year
2008
Genre
Sports & Recreation
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.8in
Item Width
5.8in
Item Weight
15.1 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Gv53.G3 2008
Reviews
"[ Farewell to Sport ] debunked professional wrestling and decried discrimination against black athletes and the hypocrisy of amateurism."-Molly Ivins, New York Times, "[Gallico] is one of that small circle of writers who are the despair of the rest of us pedestrians; he cannot be dull. . . . Whether he is discussing Mildred [Babe] Didrikson or Primo Carnera or the race question in sport,he is always entertaining."-John R. Tunis,Saturday Review of Literature, "[Farewell to Sport] debunked professional wrestling and decried discrimination against black athletes and the hypocrisy of amateurism."-Molly Ivins, New York Times, "[Farewell to Sport] debunked professional wrestling and decried discrimination against black athletes and the hypocrisy of amateurism."-Molly Ivins,New York Times, "[ Farewell to Sport ] debunked professional wrestling and decried discrimination against black athletes and the hypocrisy of amateurism."Molly Ivins, New York Times, "A high-colored panorama of thirteen years of sport, a summing up of the success and sob stories."-New York Review of Books, "[Gallico] is one of that small circle of writers who are the despair of the rest of us pedestrians; he cannot be dull. . . . Whether he is discussing Mildred [Babe] Didrikson or Primo Carnera or the race question in sport,he is always entertaining."John R. Tunis, Saturday Review of Literature, "[Gallico] is one of that small circle of writers who are the despair of the rest of us pedestrians; he cannot be dull. . . . Whether he is discussing Mildred [Babe] Didrikson or Primo Carnera or the race question in sport,he is always entertaining."-John R. Tunis, Saturday Review of Literature, "[ Farewell to Sport ] debunked professional wrestling and decried discrimination against black athletes and the hypocrisy of amateurism."--Molly Ivins, New York Times "A high-colored panorama of thirteen years of sport, a summing up of the success and sob stories."-- New York Review of Books "[Gallico] is one of that small circle of writers who are the despair of the rest of us pedestrians; he cannot be dull. . . . Whether he is discussing Mildred [Babe] Didrikson or Primo Carnera or the race question in sport,he is always entertaining."--John R. Tunis, Saturday Review of Literature, "A high-colored panorama of thirteen years of sport, a summing up of the success and sob stories." New York Review of Books
Table of Content
Introduction I. Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory . . . II. Who Do You Think You Are--Dempsey? III. His Majesty the King IV. Mitt the Queen Too V. Pity the Poor Giant VI. One Hero VII. By Horatio Alger, Jr. VIII. Shoot the Million IX. Amateurs? There Ain't None X. Inside the Inside XI. Funny Game XII. Punch with Him XIII. Pigs at the Trough XIV. Come on--My Horse! XV. Keep Your Head Down XVI. Last Stronghold of Hypocrisy XVII. Within There Sits a Man XVIII. Farewell to Muscle Molls, Too XIX. S.A. XX. Under the Guns XXI. Young Men of Manhattan XXII. The Feel XXIII. Eightball XXIV. Miscellany--Rasslin', Bike-Riding, Foot-Running XXV. More Miscellany XXVI. The Next Fifty Years
Copyright Date
2008
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2008-035365
Dewey Decimal
796.0973
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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