Title: Ball tales : a study of baseball, basketball and football fiction of the 1930s through 1960s /
Authors: Nolan, Michelle, 1948-
Publisher: McFarland & Co.,
Year: 2010
Subjects: Sports stories, American History and criticism.; Sports in literature
Abstract: "Chapters cover dime novel heroes; the explosion of sports novels before WWII and its influence on the authors; how $.50 sports novels persisted during the Great Depression; the rise and decline of sports pulps; why sports comics failed; postwar heroes; the lack of sports fiction for females; Duane Decker's Blue Sox books; and sports fiction since 1970"--Provided by publisher.
Contents: What came before: there was never another hero like Frank Merriwell -- The great pulp sports rally during the Depression -- When college football was king on film -- A smattering of adult sports fiction -- The man who beat Merriwell -- Sports fiction strikes out in the comic books -- The longest-running heroes: Chip Hilton and Bronc Burnett -- Duane Decker's unique Blue Sox series -- The sports series also-rans -- John Tunis: the best of the best -- The prolific sports fiction authors -- Making sports history: the girls of Central High -- Sports short stories for young and old -- The departure of drama in sports films -- Appendix A. Sports pulp magazines -- Appendix B. Sports heroes in comic books 1939-1967.