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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A fascinating collection of 23 essays. . . Recommended."--
Choice "Remarkably fun to read. A great book for a general sports fan."--Sarah K. Fields, author of
Game Faces: Sport Celebrity and the Law of Reputation"Steven Gietscher has recruited an all-star roster of sport historians whose efforts have resulted in an anthology of events in America’s sporting past that provides all fans an opportunity to both learn and re-imagine."--Stephen Wenn, coauthor of
Tarnished Rings: The International Olympic Committee and the Salt Lake City Bid Scandal"An exhaustively researched, no-jargon-allowed-in-the-writing set of essays that examines some of the iconic moments in sports to show how our memories of those events and their importance are a combination of myth, legend, and reality."--Charles Korr, author of
The End of Baseball As We Knew It: The Players Union, 1960–1981"
Replays, Rivalries, and Rumbles brings alive memorable sporting moments and lets us imagine how and when and why they happened." --
Journal of Sport History"The twenty-three scholarly articles compiled by Steve Gietschier in
Replays, Rivalries, and Rumbles are nothing short of thorough and impressive. The book is accessible and informative and a wonderful window into the curious, fluid nature of American sports history." --
AETHLON: The Journal of Sport Literature
