Frank Merriwell and the Fiction of All-American Boyhood - Anderson, Ryan K
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Gilbert Patten made a career of generating serialized stories featuring his fictional creation Frank Merriwell, a student athlete who inspired others to emulate his example of manly boyhood. This study blends social and cultural history, with the history of business, gender, and sport, along with a general examination of childhood and youth in this fascinating study of how a fictional character was used to promote a homogeneous "normal” American boyhood.

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Produktbeschreibung
Gilbert Patten made a career of generating serialized stories featuring his fictional creation Frank Merriwell, a student athlete who inspired others to emulate his example of manly boyhood. This study blends social and cultural history, with the history of business, gender, and sport, along with a general examination of childhood and youth in this fascinating study of how a fictional character was used to promote a homogeneous "normal” American boyhood.
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Autorenporträt
Ryan K. Anderson is associate professor of history and the American studies coordinator at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke.