Legendary Sports Writers of the Golden Age - Grantland Rice, Red Smith, Shirley Povich, and W. C. Heinz

This book details the lives and careers of four sports-writing greats-Grantland Rice, Red Smith, Shirley Povich, and W. C. Heinz-and the legendary athletes and events they covered for decades. These men all wrote during what is often considered sport's Golden Age, lifting sports reporting to heights that it is unlikely to reach again.

List of contents

Preface

Chapter 1: The Poet: Grantland Rice
Chapter 2: The Wordsmith: Red Smith
Chapter 3: The Empathizer: Shirley Povich
Chapter 4: The Novelist: W. C. Heinz
Chapter 5: At Toots Shor's

Bibliography
Index
About the Author

About the author

Lee Congdon is professor emeritus of history at James Madison University. He is the author of five books, the most recent being Baseball and Memory: Winning, Losing, and the Remembrance of Things Past (2011).

Summary

This book details the lives and careers of four sports-writing greats-Grantland Rice, Red Smith, Shirley Povich, and W. C. Heinz-and the legendary athletes and events they covered for decades. These men all wrote during what is often considered sport's Golden Age, lifting sports reporting to heights that it is unlikely to reach again.

Product details

• Authors: Congdon, Lee Congdon, Lee W. Congdon
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.05.2017
• EAN: 9781442277519
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-7751-9
• No. of pages: 170
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Journalism; USA, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Media & Communications, SPORTS & RECREATION / History, Press & journalism, history of sport, Biography: sport, United States of America, USA, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), News media and journalism