Legendary Sports Writers of the Golden Age (eBook)

Grantland Rice, Red Smith, Shirley Povich, and W. C. Heinz

Lee Congdon (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
170 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4422-7752-6 (ISBN)

Infos

This book details the lives and careers of four sports-writing greats—Grantland Rice, Red Smith, Shirley Povich, and W. C. Heinz—and the legendary athletes and events they covered for decades. These men all wrote during what is often considered sport’s Golden Age, lifting sports reporting to heights that it is unlikely to reach again.

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During the 1920sthe Golden Age of sportssports writers gained their own recognition while covering such athletes as Babe Ruth, Bobby Jones, Jack Dempsey, and Red Grange. The top journalists of the era were the primary means by which fans learned about their favorite teams and athletes, and their popularity and importance in the sports world continued for decades. Legendary Sports Writers of the Golden Age: Grantland Rice, Red Smith, Shirley Povich, and W. C. Heinz details the lives and careers of four sports-writing greats and the iconic athletes and events they covered. Although these writers established themselves during the 1920s, their careers extended well into the decades that followed. They reported on Jesse Owens, Joe Louis, Sandy Koufax, Arnold Palmer, and many other stars from the 1920s and beyond. Lee Congdon examines not only the lives and careers of Rice, Smith, Povich, and Heinz, but the distinctive writing style that each of them developed. Taken together, these four writers lifted sports reporting to heights that it is unlikely to reach again. This book brings to life the greatest era in sports history, as seen through the eyes of four legendary sports writers. Sports fans, historians, and those interested in sports journalism will all find this a fascinating and informative look at a time when the sports world was at its peak.

Autor

Lee Congdon is professor emeritus of history at James Madison University. He is the author of five books, the most recent being Baseball and Memory: Winning, Losing, and the Remembrance of Things Past (2011).

Inhalt

PrefaceChapter 1: The Poet: Grantland RiceChapter 2: The Wordsmith: Red SmithChapter 3: The Empathizer: Shirley PovichChapter 4: The Novelist: W. C. HeinzChapter 5: At Toots Shor’sBibliographyIndexAbout the Author

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.5.2017
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Journalistik
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: 1920s • best sports journalists • best sports writers • grantland rice • history of sports journalism • Journalism • Journalism community • legedary sports writers • legendary sports journalists • legendary sport writers • peak of sports journalism • popular sports journalists • popular sports writers • Red Smith • Shirley Povich • Sports • Sports History • sports journalism • sports journalists • sports journalists of the 1920s • sportswriter • sports writing • the 20s • top sports journalists • top sports writer • top sports writers • W.C. Heinz • writing community • writing fraternity
• ISBN-10: 1-4422-7752-1 / 1442277521
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4422-7752-6 / 9781442277526