MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 02013cam a2200265 a 4500
001 2009051813
003 DLC
005 20100607135829.0
008 091222s2010 ncua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2009051813
020 $a9780786439850 (softcover : alk. paper)
020 $a0786439858 (softcover : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn494981625
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dYDX$dYDXCP$dCDX$dBWX$dDLC
050 00 $aPS374.S76$bN65 2010
082 00 $a813/.5093579$222
100 1 $aNolan, Michelle,$d1948-
245 10 $aBall tales :$ba study of baseball, basketball and football fiction of the 1930s through 1960s /$cMichelle Nolan.
260 $aJefferson, N.C. :$bMcFarland & Co.,$cc2010.
300 $avii, 279 p. :$bill. ;$c26 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aWhat 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.
520 $a"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.
650 0 $aSports stories, American$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aSports in literature.