Ball tales : a study of baseball, basketball and football fiction of the 1930s through 1960s /

"Chapters cover dime novel heroes; the explosion of sports novels before WWII and its influence on the authors; how $.50 sports novels persisted during the Great Depression; the rise and decline of sports pulps; why sports comics failed; postwar heroes; the lack of sports fiction for females; D...

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Main Author: Nolan, Michelle, 1948-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2010]
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Summary:"Chapters cover dime novel heroes; the explosion of sports novels before WWII and its influence on the authors; how $.50 sports novels persisted during the Great Depression; the rise and decline of sports pulps; why sports comics failed; postwar heroes; the lack of sports fiction for females; Duane Decker's Blue Sox books; and sports fiction since 1970"--Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:vii, 279 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780786439850 (softcover : alk. paper)
0786439858 (softcover : alk. paper)