Legends never die : athletes and their afterlives in modern America / Richard Ian Kimball.
| Author/creator | Kimball, Richard Ian |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication | Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2017. |
| Description | 1 online resource |
| Supplemental Content | JSTOR |
| Subjects |
| 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Source of description | Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Kimball, Richard Ian. Legends never die. First edition. Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2017 9780815635062 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2017010234 |
| ISBN | 9780815654056 (e-book) |
| ISBN | 0815654057 (e-book) |
| ISBN | (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
| Stock number | 22573/ctt1hjs839 JSTOR |