{"product_id":"saying-its-so-9780252073137","title":"Saying Its So","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe story of \"Shoeless\" Joe Jackson and his teammates purportedly conspiring with gamblers to throw the World Series to the Cincinnati Reds has lingered in collective consciousness. This interdisciplinary cultural history focuses on how it has been represented and remembered by journalists, historians, novelists, filmmakers, and baseball fans.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Book Award, 2003. Winner of the North American Society for Sport History Book Award, 2003. A \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e Outstanding Academic Title, 2006. Named Book of the Year by both the North American Society for Sport History and the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Nathan's writing is completely accessible, his arguments sound, and his conclusions dead-on.\"--\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eSaying It's So\u003c\/i\u003e is ambitious in its reach, well-researched, and clearly written. The range of texts it considers is impressive and important, and its readings of individual texts are invariably engaging.\"--Michael Oriard, author of \u003ci\u003eSporting with the Gods: The Rhetoric of Play and Game in American Literature\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400476893527,"sku":"9780252073137","price":19.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780252073137.jpg?v=1730470781","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/saying-its-so-9780252073137","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}