Descript |
xi, 402 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
Contents |
In the beginning -- The sporting frontier -- Barely visible to press and public -- Climbing the mountain -- Sports and the presidency : the founding father -- Inside the sporting presidency -- William Howard Taft : a large legacy -- Woodrow Wilson : more than a game -- Warren Harding : a bet he didn't win -- Calvin Coolidge : grace, under pressure -- Herbert Hoover : no place to hide -- Franklin Roosevelt : politically and physically challenged -- Mid-century, the takeoff point -- Harry Truman : striding--and flying--into history -- Dwight Eisenhower : hero under assault -- John Kennedy : swimming into politics -- Lyndon Johnson : the games he didn't play -- Richard Nixon : show me a loser -- Gerald Ford : the pigskin president -- Jimmy Carter : more than met the eye -- Ronald Reagan : creating a sports legend -- George H.W. Bush : TR revisted -- Bill Clinton : oh, how he played the game -- George W. Bush : from bush leagues to the majors -- The sports presidency. |
ISBN |
9780801892585 (pbk) |
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080188425X (hardcover) |
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0801892589 (pbk.) |
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