Heroes and Ballyhoo: How the Golden Age of the 1920s Transformed American Sports

by Michael K. Bohn

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1597974129
• ISBN13: 9781597974127
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Potomac Books
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.2"