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Curt Smith is the author of seventeen books, including the classic history of baseball broadcasting, Voices of The Game. His other books include: Pull Up a Chair: The Vin Scully Story (Potomac Books, 2009), Mercy! A Celebration of Fenway Park’s Centennial¿(Potomac Books, 2012), and most recently, George H. W. Bush: Character at the Core (Potomac Books, 2014). Smith is a senior lecturer of English at the University of Rochester, a Gate House Media columnist, and a contributor to publications from Newsweek to the New York Times. The host of the "Voices of The Game" series at the Smithsonian Institution and the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, he has been named to the Judson Welliver Society of former presidential speechwriters.
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List of contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
1. Beginnings: 1700s to Theodore Roosevelt, 1901–1909
2. Power of Two: William Howard Taft and Woodrow Wilson, 1909–1921
3. Triple Play: Warren Harding, Calvin Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover, 1921–1933
4. “The Champ”: Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1933–1945
5. The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman, 1945–1953
6. “From the Heart of America”: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953–1961
7. “The First Irish Brahmin”: John F. Kennedy, 1961–1963
8. Larger Than Life: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1963–1969
9. Nixon’s the One: Richard Nixon, 1969–1974
10. “Friendship, a Perfect Blendship!”: Gerald Ford, 1974–1977
11. From Softball to Hardball: Jimmy Carter, 1977–1981
12. The Gipper: Ronald Reagan, 1981–1989
13. The Baseball Lifer: George H. W. Bush, 1989–1993
14. Our Man Bill: William Jefferson Clinton, 1993–2001
15. W.: George W. Bush, 2001–2009
16. The Pioneer: Barack Obama, 2009–2017
17. The Donald and the Game: Donald Trump, 2017–
Bibliography
Index
About the author
CURT SMITH is a senior lecturer of English at the University of Rochester, a GateHouse Media columnist, and the author of sixteen books, including the classic Voices of the Game. He has written for such publications as Newsweek, the New York Times, and the Washington Post and has been named to the prestigious Judson Welliver Society of former presidential speechwriters.
Summary
The first in-depth historical yet also anecdotal and episodic examination of the unique relationship between the U.S. presidency and America’s national pastime, from Theodore Roosevelt to Joe Biden.
