| Description |
viii, 422 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [355]-398) and index. |
| Contents |
All gods dead : Babe Ruth and Boston, 1918-1920 / Aram Goudsouzian -- The Boston Red Sox, 1901-1946 / William E. Leuchtenburg -- Ted Williams : Boston hero, Boston legend / John Demos -- The year of the Yaz / John M. Carroll -- The Boston Marathon : America's oldest annual road race / Matthew Oshinsky and David M. Oshinksy [sic] -- Rowing on troubled waters / David W. Zang -- Francis Ouimet at the country club / James Campbell -- The lost battle for gentlemanly sport, 1869-1909 / Ronald A. Smith -- Sports, politics, and revenge : the Patriots' strange journey home / David Welky -- The champion of all champions : John L. Sullivan / Elliott J. Gorn -- Rocky Marciano and the curse of Al Weill / Russell Sullivan -- Long before Orr : placing hockey in Boston, 1897-1929 / Stephen Hardy -- Number 4 is the one : the emergence of Bobby Orr / Randy Roberts -- The battle of the beards : Russell and Chamberlain / Randy Roberts -- Beantown, 1986 / Raymond Arsenault. |
| Subject |
Sports -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History.
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Sports -- Social aspects -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
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| Added Author |
Roberts, Randy, 1951-
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| ISBN |
0674015045 cloth alkaline paper |
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