Recent Scholarship
Sports and Recreation
Aiello, Thomas, “The Kings of Casino Park: Race and Race Baseball in the Lost Season of 1932, Monroe, LA” (University of Arkansas, 2007). Order No. DA3276876.
Blodgett, Peter J., “Welcome to Wonderland: Promoting Tourism in the Rocky Mountain West, 1920–1960” (Yale University, 2007). Order No. DA3267215.
Morgan, Marilyn, “The ‘star-spangled channel’: Money, the Media, and Gender in Marathon Swimming, 1900–1936” (University of Maine, 2007). Order No. DA3277232.
Boddy, Kasia, Boxing: A Cultural History. (London: Reaktion, 2008. 478 pp. $35.00, isbn 978-1-86189-369-7.) Heavily illustrated.
Djata, Sundiata, Blacks at the Net, vol. 2: Black Achievement in the History of Tennis. (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2008. xviii, 270 pp. $29.95, isbn 978-0-8156-0898-1.)
Johnson, Rody, The Rise and Fall of Dodgertown: 60 Years of Baseball in Vero Beach. (Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2008. xiv, 302 pp. $24.95, isbn 978-0-8130-3194-1.)
Leerhsen, Charles, Crazy Good: The True Story of Dan Patch, the Most Famous Horse in America. (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2008. xii, 355 pp. $26.00, isbn 978-0-7432-9177-4.)
Punnett, Dick, Beach Racers: Daytona before nascar. (Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2008. xxii, 147 pp. Paper, $25.00, isbn 978-0-8130-3260-3.)
Swift, Tom, Chief Bender’s Burden: The Silent Struggle of a Baseball Star. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2008. 339 pp. $24.95, isbn 978-0-8032-4321-7.)
Tygiel, Jules, Baseball’s Great Experiment: Jackie Robinson and His Legacy. (New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. xii, 415 pp. Paper, $19.95, isbn 978-0-19-533928-4.) 25th anniversary edition.
Walker, James R., and Robert V. Bellamy Jr., Center Field Shot: A History of Baseball on Television. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2008. xxii, 379 pp. Paper, $24.95, isbn 978-0-8032-4825-0.)
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