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Legends never die athletes and their afterlives in modern America

Title
Legends never die [electronic resource] : athletes and their afterlives in modern America / Richard Ian Kimball.
Author
Kimball, Richard Ian.
Publication
Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2017.

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Description
1 online resource.
Uniform Title
Legends never die (Online)
Alternative Title
Legends never die (Online)
Subject
  • Sports in popular culture > United States
  • Athletes > United States > Death
  • Athletes > United States > Public opinion
  • Athletes > United States > Biography
  • Premature death > Social aspects > United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Source of Description (note)
  • Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
Contents
Introduction : making immortals -- Why Lou Gehrig was lucky : a meditation on the mortality of American athletes -- The Gipper wins one for the Gipper : George Gipp, Knute Rockne, and Ronald Reagan -- Only cowgirls get the blues : Bonnie McCarroll and Lane Frost -- Who killed Benny Paret? -- "Princess Diana with a pushbroom mustache" : Dale Earnhardt and the narratives of a NASCAR death -- To an athlete dying old : Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, and Ted Williams.
LCCN
2017010234
OCLC
ssj0001798899
Author
Kimball, Richard Ian.
Title
Legends never die [electronic resource] : athletes and their afterlives in modern America / Richard Ian Kimball.
Imprint
Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2017.
Edition
First edition.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
Note
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Other Form:
Print version: Kimball, Richard Ian. Legends never die First edition. Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2017 9780815635062 (DLC) 2017001141
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