This history of American sports fiction traces depictions of baseball, basketball and football in works for all age levels from early dime novels through the 1960s. Chapters cover dime novel heroes Frank and Dick Merriwell; the explosion of sports novels before World War II and its influence on the authors who later wrote for baby boom readers; how sports novels persisted during the Great Depression; the rise and decline of sports pulps; why sports comics failed; postwar heroes Chip Hilton and Bronc Burnett; the lack of sports fiction for females; Duane Decker's Blue Sox books; and the classic…mehr
This history of American sports fiction traces depictions of baseball, basketball and football in works for all age levels from early dime novels through the 1960s. Chapters cover dime novel heroes Frank and Dick Merriwell; the explosion of sports novels before World War II and its influence on the authors who later wrote for baby boom readers; how sports novels persisted during the Great Depression; the rise and decline of sports pulps; why sports comics failed; postwar heroes Chip Hilton and Bronc Burnett; the lack of sports fiction for females; Duane Decker's Blue Sox books; and the classic John R. Tunis novels. Appendices list sports pulp titles and comic books featuring sports fiction.
Michelle Nolan has been a newspaper and magazine feature writer for more than 50 years. She received an Inkpot Award for her work as a comics and pop cultural historian and entrepreneur. She has written more than 12,000 published articles in newspapers and magazines along with contributions to dozens of books. She lives in Bellingham, Washington.
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Table of Contents Preface Introduction One-What Came Before: There Was Never Another Hero Like Frank Merriwell Two-The Great Pulp Sports Rally During the Depression Three-When College Football Was King on Film Four-A Smattering of Adult Sports Fiction Five-The Man Who Beat Merriwell Six-Sports Fiction Strikes Out in the Comic Books Seven-The Longest-Running Heroes: Chip Hilton and Bronc Burnett Eight-Duane Decker's Unique Blue Sox Series Nine-The Sports Series Also-Rans Ten-John Tunis: The Best of the Best Eleven-The Prolific Sports Fiction Authors Twelve-Making Sports History: The Girls of Central High Thirteen-Sports Short Stories for Young and Old Fourteen-The Departure of Drama in Sports Films Appendix A-Sports Pulp Magazines Appendix B-Sports Heroes in Comic Books 1939-1967 Bibliography Index
Table of Contents Preface Introduction One-What Came Before: There Was Never Another Hero Like Frank Merriwell Two-The Great Pulp Sports Rally During the Depression Three-When College Football Was King on Film Four-A Smattering of Adult Sports Fiction Five-The Man Who Beat Merriwell Six-Sports Fiction Strikes Out in the Comic Books Seven-The Longest-Running Heroes: Chip Hilton and Bronc Burnett Eight-Duane Decker's Unique Blue Sox Series Nine-The Sports Series Also-Rans Ten-John Tunis: The Best of the Best Eleven-The Prolific Sports Fiction Authors Twelve-Making Sports History: The Girls of Central High Thirteen-Sports Short Stories for Young and Old Fourteen-The Departure of Drama in Sports Films Appendix A-Sports Pulp Magazines Appendix B-Sports Heroes in Comic Books 1939-1967 Bibliography Index
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