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Publication Name
Globe Pequot Press, The
ISBN
9781493009527
Book Title
Opening Kickoff : the Tumultuous Birth of a Football Nation
Publisher
Globe Pequot Press, T.H.E.
Item Length
9 in
Publication Year
2015
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Item Height
0.9 in
Author
Dave Revsine
Genre
Sports & Recreation, History
Topic
Football, United States / General
Item Weight
15.7 Oz
Item Width
6.1 in
Number of Pages
328 Pages
Country of Origin
United States
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Publisher
Globe Pequot Press, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
1493009524
ISBN-13
9781493009527
eBay Product ID (ePID)
209883443

Product Key Features

Book Title
Opening Kickoff : the Tumultuous Birth of a Football Nation
Number of Pages
328 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Football, United States / General
Publication Year
2015
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Sports & Recreation, History
Author
Dave Revsine
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
15.7 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6.1 in

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Trade
Dewey Edition
23
TitleLeading
The
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A new must-read book for fans of college football...[a] fascinating look at the origins of the game., [A] stirring survey of malfeasance, meticulously brought to life by Mr. Revsine.... The Opening Kickoff is a first-class account of football's turbulent origins, one that helps explain how a collision sport became the most conspicuous part of American higher education., [I give] the strongest recommendation possible to The Opening Kickoff: The Tumultuous Birth of a Football Nation.... It is fascinating - the best book [I have] read this summer... Revsine is a wonderful storyteller... If you like football and want to know how to first began its rise to become a national preoccupation, this is a must-read., [A] fascinating, well-researched college history [that] shows how money, eligibility, powerful coaches and bad actors corrupt., Revsine has written a rich and thorough book, backed by ample research. But he's also a college football fan, who's served up a tale laced with humor and suspense.
Dewey Decimal
796.3320973
Synopsis
Now in paperback, the New York Times Bestseller and Boston Globe Bestseller! It's America's most popular sport, played by thousands, watched by millions, and generating billions in revenues every year. It's also America's most controversial sport, haunted by the specter of life-threatening injuries and plagued by scandal, even among its most venerable personalities and institutions. At the college level, we often tie football's tales of corruption and greed to its current popularity and revenue potential, and we have vague notions of a halcyon time--before the new College Football Playoff, power conferences, and huge TV contracts. Perhaps we conjure images of young Ivy Leaguers playing a gentleman's game, exemplifying the collegial in collegiate. What we don't imagine is a game described in 1905 as "a social obsession--this boy-killing, man-mutilating, education-prostituting, gladiatorial sport." In The Opening Kickoff, Dave Revsine tells the riveting story of the formative period of American football between 1890 and 1915. In just a quarter century football spread across the nation, captivating people from coast to coast. It was a time that saw the game's meteoric rise, fueled by overflow crowds, breathless newspaper coverage, and newfound superstars--including one of the most thrilling and mysterious the sport has ever seen. But it was also a period racked by controversy in academics, recruiting, and physical brutality that, in combination, threatened football's very existence. A vivid storyteller, Revsine brings it all to life in this captivating narrative., Now in paperback, the New York Times Bestseller and Boston Globe Bestseller!It's America's most popular sport, played by thousands, watched by millions, and generating billions in revenues every year. It's also America's most controversial sport, haunted by the specter of life-threatening injuries and plagued by scandal, even among its most venerable personalities and institutions. At the college level, we often tie football's tales of corruption and greed to its current popularity and revenue potential, and we have vague notions of a halcyon time--before the new College Football Playoff, power conferences, and huge TV contracts. Perhaps we conjure images of young Ivy Leaguers playing a gentleman's game, exemplifying the collegial in collegiate. What we don't imagine is a game described in 1905 as "a social obsession--this boy-killing, man-mutilating, education-prostituting, gladiatorial sport."In The Opening Kickoff, Dave Revsine tells the riveting story of the formative period of American football between 1890 and 1915. In just a quarter century football spread across the nation, captivating people from coast to coast. It was a time that saw the game's meteoric rise, fueled by overflow crowds, breathless newspaper coverage, and newfound superstars--including one of the most thrilling and mysterious the sport has ever seen. But it was also a period racked by controversy in academics, recruiting, and physical brutality that, in combination, threatened football's very existence. A vivid storyteller, Revsine brings it all to life in this captivating narrative., Now in paperback, the New York Times and Boston Globe Bestseller by the lead studio host of the Big Ten Network, the story of the creation of the college football nation from 1890 to 1915, the intense media coverage, the academic fraud, recruiting scandals, shocking violence, new sports superstars, and the manifest destiny of football out of the Ivy League and to the Great Midwest., Now in paperback, the New York Times Bestseller and Boston Globe Bestseller It's America's most popular sport, played by thousands, watched by millions, and generating billions in revenues every year. It's also America's most controversial sport, haunted by the specter of life-threatening injuries and plagued by scandal, even among its most venerable personalities and institutions. At the college level, we often tie football's tales of corruption and greed to its current popularity and revenue potential, and we have vague notions of a halcyon time--before the new College Football Playoff, power conferences, and huge TV contracts. Perhaps we conjure images of young Ivy Leaguers playing a gentleman's game, exemplifying the collegial in collegiate. What we don't imagine is a game described in 1905 as "a social obsession--this boy-killing, man-mutilating, education-prostituting, gladiatorial sport." In The Opening Kickoff, Dave Revsine tells the riveting story of the formative period of American football between 1890 and 1915. In just a quarter century football spread across the nation, captivating people from coast to coast. It was a time that saw the game's meteoric rise, fueled by overflow crowds, breathless newspaper coverage, and newfound superstars--including one of the most thrilling and mysterious the sport has ever seen. But it was also a period racked by controversy in academics, recruiting, and physical brutality that, in combination, threatened football's very existence. A vivid storyteller, Revsine brings it all to life in this captivating narrative.

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