Inventing Baseball Heroes
Subtitle: Ty Cobb, Christy Mathewson, and the Sporting Press in America
Publisher: LSU Press
Published: Jun 09, 2014
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780807156117
Description: "In Inventing Baseball Heroes, Amber Roessner examines "hero-crafting" in sports journalism through an incisive analysis of the work surrounding two of baseball's most enduring personalities: Detroit Tigers outfielder Ty Cobb and New York Giants pitcher Christy Mathewson"--Jacket.
Notes: Source title: Inventing Baseball Heroes: Ty Cobb, Christy Mathewson, and the Sporting Press in America