Baseball and football pulp fiction six publishers, with a directory of stories, 1935-1957 Nolan, Michelle 1948- creator author. text bibliography Criticism, interpretation, etc. History. ncu 2020 monographic eng print viii, 212, C8 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm ""This first-ever volume focusing on sports pulp fiction devoted to America's two most popular pastimes of the 1935-1957 era-baseball and football-provides extensive detail on authors, along with examination of key plots and categories. Commentary relates the works to real-life baseball and football of the period. The history of the genre is traced, beginning with the debut of Dime Sport (later renamed Dime Sports), the first magazine from a major publisher to provide competition for Street & Smith's long-established Sport Story Magazine. A complete index lists fiction from the six major publishers who competed with S&S, and cover themes for 1,054 issues."-Provided by publisher"-- Michelle Nolan. Includes bibliographical references and index. Sports stories, American History and criticism American fiction 20th century History and criticism Sports in literature Pulp literature, American Publishing History 20th century American fiction Sports in literature Sports stories, American 1900-1999 fast PS374.S76 N68 2020 810.9/3579 9781476677576 1476677573 9781476638133 2020029545 pda,print DLC 200707 20250318214753.8 in00004350590 eng