Until the twentieth century -- Rough riding -- Sports and leisure -- No depression -- War and its discontents -- Have we gone soft? -- Sports on the edge of panic -- The flood gates -- The 1980s : welcome to hell -- C.R.E.A.M. -- More of the same versus change
Summary:
Offers a riotously entertaining chronicle of larger-than-life sporting characters and dramatic contests, sketching an alternative history of the United States as seen through the games its people played. --cover leaf.
