sports in literature

Collects twenty-five selected examples of sports writing, including work by Amanda Ripley, Patrick Hruby, Alice Gregory, and others.

Offers a detailed analysis of baseball, basketball, and football fiction written between 1930 and 1969, exploring 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 other related topics.

A collection of sports poems, stories, essays, and autobiographical memories. Includes a set of questions and writing ideas for every entry.

Contains a comprehensive study of the history and trends associated with adolescent sports literature covering such topics as sports in both fiction and non-fiction, literature for young women, and young adult novels about coaches and team leaders.