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Legends never die : athletes and their afterlives in modern America / Richard Ian Kimball.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kimball, Richard Ian, author.
- Series:
- Sports and Entertainment Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sports in popular culture--United States.
- Sports in popular culture.
- Athletes--United States--Death.
- Athletes.
- Athletes--United States--Public opinion.
- Athletes--United States--Biography.
- Premature death--Social aspects--United States.
- Premature death.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (203 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2017.
- Summary:
- With every touchdown, home run, and three-pointer, star athletes represent an American dream that only an elite group blessed with natural talent can achieve.However, Kimball concentrates on what happens once these modern warriors meet their untimely demise.As athletes die, legends rise in their place.
- Contents:
- Introduction : making immortals
- Why Lou Gehrig was lucky : a meditation on the mortality of American athletes
- The Gipper wins one for the Gipper : George Gipp, Knute Rockne, and Ronald Reagan
- Only cowgirls get the blues : Bonnie McCarroll and Lane Frost
- Who killed Benny Paret?
- "Princess Diana with a pushbroom mustache" : Dale Earnhardt and the narratives of a NASCAR death
- To an athlete dying old : Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, and Ted Williams.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8156-5405-7
- OCLC:
- 974487836
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