Buch, Englisch, 287 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 547 g
A Study of Baseball, Basketball and Football Fiction of the 1930s through 1960s
Buch, Englisch, 287 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 547 g
ISBN: 978-0-7864-3985-0
Verlag: McFarland
This is a history of American sports fiction from early dime novels through the 1960s. Chapters cover dime novel heroes Frank and Dick Merriwell; the explosion of sports novels before World War II and its influence on the authors who later wrote for baby boom readers; how $.50 sports novels persisted during the Great Depression; the rise and decline of sports pulps; why sports comics failed; postwar heroes Chip Hilton and Bronc Burnett; the lack of sports fiction for females; Duane Decker's Blue Sox books; and, developments in sports fiction since 1970. Appendices list sports pulp titles, sports series book characters, and comic books featuring sports.