The Presidents and the Pastime: The History of Baseball and the White House - Paperback
by Curt Smith
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Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Nebraska PressISBN-13:9781496241023ISBN-10:1496241029UPC:9781496241023Book Category:Sports & RecreationBook Subcategory:BaseballBook Topic:HistorySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 1.15 inchesWeight:1.6424Product ID:SC98YJV577
The Presidents and the Pastime: The History of Baseball and the White House
The Presidents and the Pastime draws on Curt Smith's extensive background as a former White House presidential speechwriter to chronicle the historic relationship between the "most American" sport--baseball--and the U.S. presidency. Smith, who USA Today has called "America's voice of authority on baseball broadcasting," begins before America's birth, when would-be presidents played baseball...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Nebraska PressISBN-13:9781496241023ISBN-10:1496241029UPC:9781496241023Book Category:Sports & RecreationBook Subcategory:BaseballBook Topic:HistorySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 1.15 inchesWeight:1.6424Product ID:SC98YJV577
Curt Smith is the author of eighteen books, including George H. W. Bush: Character at the Core (Potomac, 2014); Memories at the Microphone: A Century of Baseball Broadcasting; and Voices of The Game, named by Esquire magazine among "the 100 Best Baseball Books Ever Written." A senior lecturer of English at the University of Rochester, Smith has addressed the White House Historical Association,...
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
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