{"product_id":"gus-hornsbys-gamble-9781476691183","title":"Gus Hornsbys Gamble","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   In the 1870s, Gus Hornsby spread the game of American football around the world like an evangelist and helped establish it in the U.S. heartland. Hornsby seemed destined for greatness as a journalist, inventor, explorer and entrepreneur. His arrogance, greed and an intractable gambling addiction, however, drove him to criminality and cast him into obscurity. But this public ruin led to his greatest accomplishment in prison: personal redemption.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   Surprisingly, Hornsby''s meteoric rise and fall intersected with towering influencers of the time, including the women and men who would pioneer the first-wave feminist movement in the United States. This book explores their unexpected connections and interweaves their stories--along with details of the first American football game in the Midwest--to reveal elements of a pivotal moment in American history, both in feminism and sports. More than a biography of a person, it is a story about America--brash, imaginative and seemingly \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u0026lt;\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction: A Gambler at the Rubicon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\tPart One: The Football\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGame Day, 6:30 a.m.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 1. 1846: India\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGame Day, 9:00 a.m.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 2. 1866: Madras\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGame Day: A Glimpse of Evanston, Illinois, at High Noon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 3. 1873: America\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGame Day, 1:00 p.m.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 4. 1875: Chicago\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGame Day, 2:00 p.m.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 5. 1876: Chicago\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\tPart Two: The Fraud\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGame Day, 3:05 p.m.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 6. 1882: St. Paul\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGame Day, 3:10 p.m.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 7. 1888: Chicago\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGame Day, 3:25 p.m.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 8. 1892: St. Paul\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGame Day, 3:30 p.m.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 9. 1893: Hastings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGame Day, 3:45 p.m.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 10. 1893: Stillwater\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGame Day, 3:55 p.m.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 11. 1895: St. Paul\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGame Day, 4:05 p.m.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 12. The Precipice of the American Century\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGame Day, 5:30 p.m.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 13. 1926: Evanston\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGame Day, Night\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChicago Foot-Ball Club : List of Known Members, 1875–1878\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Notes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51742571856215,"sku":"9781476691183","price":27.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476691183.jpg?v=1758385315","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/gus-hornsbys-gamble-9781476691183","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}