Sporting lives: metaphor and myth in American sports autobiographies
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Main Author: Pipkin, James W. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Columbia University of Missouri Press c2008
Series:Sports and American culture series
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Item Description:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-155) and index
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"Examines autobiographies by athletes such as Wilt Chamberlain, Babe Ruth, Martina Navratilova, and Dennis Rodman, and analyzes common themes and recurring patterns in the accounts of their lives and sporting experiences"--Provided by publisher
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (ix, 161 p.)
ISBN:0826217796
082626641X
9780826217790
9780826266415

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