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Pigskin Warriors
Steven L. Travers
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Description for Pigskin Warriors
hardcover. From the leather-helmet era to the media circus of college football today, Travers presents a carefully researched examination of college football and its role in society. Photographs complement the text, providing a deep sense of how the sport has evolved. Num Pages: 366 pages, black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WSJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 263 x 188 x 25. Weight in Grams: 839.
This is the story of a sport's role in society, from the "leather helmet era," through the dawn of television and its tremendous impact on the college game, and up to the present era of collegiate football as "big business"—all outlined against a "blue, gray October sky" of American history. In this comprehensive history, Steven Travers breaks down the story of college football into two eras—the period prior to World War I, when the nascent sport was so dangerous that President Theodore Roosevelt proposed legislation to make the sport safer, and the "modern" era, when the popularity of football led ... Read more
This is the story of a sport's role in society, from the "leather helmet era," through the dawn of television and its tremendous impact on the college game, and up to the present era of collegiate football as "big business"—all outlined against a "blue, gray October sky" of American history. In this comprehensive history, Steven Travers breaks down the story of college football into two eras—the period prior to World War I, when the nascent sport was so dangerous that President Theodore Roosevelt proposed legislation to make the sport safer, and the "modern" era, when the popularity of football led ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Taylor Trade Publishing United States
Number of pages
366
Condition
New
Number of Pages
366
Place of Publication
Lanham, United States
ISBN
9781589793330
SKU
V9781589793330
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Ref
99-15
About Steven L. Travers
Steven Travers is the author of One Night Two Teams: Alabama vs. USC and the Game That Changed a Nation and The USC Trojans: College Football's All-Time Greatest Dynasty as well as several other books and screenplays. He lives in San Anselmo, California.
Reviews for Pigskin Warriors
...[A] fascinating run-down of the interplay between football, pop culture, and history...bringing an intellectual flavor to a game of brawn.