Reading Football: How the Popular Press Created an American Spectacle

by Michael Oriard

Book Overview

Is football an athletic contest or a social event? Is it a game of skill, a test of manhood, or merely an organized brawl? Michael Oriard, a former professional player, asks these and other intriguing... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807820830
• ISBN13: 9780807820834
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Touchdown!

This book offers the reader an evaluation of the early years of football and the press' role in popularizing football for the American consumer. A must-read for anyone who loves football.