I WORE BABE RUTH'S HAT. Field Notes from a Life in Sports [Sport and Society Series]
Language: English
Published by University of Illinois Press, Urbana, IL, 2015
- First Edition
- Softcover
- Used
Seller: Cornerstone Books, Santa Ana, CA, U.S.A.Cornerstone Books
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Condition: Used - Fine
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This work is a collection of essays that deliver intelligent analysis, brilliant insights, wit, laugh-out-loud hilarity, and a disarmingly serious look at David Zang's passion for sport and its place in his life and ours. The book contains photographs, illustrations, notes, and a bibliography. This copy is clean and solid. Appears to be unread.
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- Title
- I WORE BABE RUTH'S HAT. Field Notes from a Life in Sports [Sport and Society Series]
- Author
- Zang, David W.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press, Urbana, IL
- Publication year
- 2015
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- No Dust Jacket
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0252080882
- ISBN 13
- 9780252080883
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Dimensions
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Series
- Book 11 of 30: Sport and Society
Whether pondering his long-unbuilt replica of Connie Mack Stadium or his eye-opening turn as the Baltimore Ravens' mascot, Zang offers tales at turns poignant and hilarious as he engages with the passions that shaped his life. Yet his meditations also probe the tragedy of a modern athletic culture that substitutes hyped spectatorship for participation. As he laments, American society's increasing scorn for taking part in play robs adults of the life-affirming virtues of games that challenge us to accomplish the impossible for the most transcendent of reasons: to see if it can be done.
From teammates named Lop to tracing Joe Paterno's long shadow over Happy Valley, I Wore Babe Ruth's Hat reports from the everyman's Elysium where games and life intersect.
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