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Ball Tales : A Study of Baseball, Basketball and Football Fiction of the 1930s Through 1960s
By: Nolan, Michelle (Author).
McFarland & Co Inc. Published: 15/12/2009. Audience Guide: General (US: Trade).
Paperback. Sourced from U.S.A.
This is a history of American sports fiction from early dime novels through the 1960s. Chapters cover dime novel heroes Frank and Dick Merriwell; the explosion of sports novels before World War II and its influence on the authors who later wrote for baby boom readers; how $.50 sports novels persisted during the Great Depression; the rise and decline of sports pulps; why sports comics failed; postwar heroes Chip Hilton and Bronc Burnett; the lack of sports fiction for females; Duane Decker's Blue Sox books; and, developments in sports fiction since 1970. Appendices list sports pulp titles, sports series book characters, and comic books featuring sports. Item Details
ISBN10/13: 0786439858/9780786439850
TITLE: Ball Tales
CONTRIBUTORS: Nolan, Michelle (Author)
IMPRINT: McFarland & Co Inc
PUBLISHER: McFarland & Co Inc
FORMAT: Paperback
PUBLICATION DATE: 15/12/2009
SUBJECT: Sports, Team Ball Games
DIMENSIONS (Width x Height): 178mm x 254mm
AUDIENCE GUIDE: General (US: Trade)
ILLUSTRATIONS: ca. 57 photos, bibliography, index
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