Watterson, John Sayle.
The games presidents play sports and the presidency / [electronic resource] : John Sayle Watterson. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006. - xi, 402 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [361]-393) and index.
In the beginning -- The sporting frontier -- Barely visible to press and public -- Theodore Roosevelt : climbing the mountain -- Sports and the presidency : the founding father -- Inside TR's sporting presidency -- William Howard Taft : a large legacy -- Woodrow Wilson : more than just a game -- Warren Harding : the wager he didn't win -- Calvin Coolidge : grace, under pressure -- Herbert Hoover : no place to hide -- Franklin Delano Roosevelt : politically and physically challenged -- Harry S. Truman : striding--and flying--into history -- Dwight D. Eisenhower : hero under assault -- John F. Kennedy : swimming into politics -- Lyndon Johnson : the games he didn't play -- Richard Nixon : show me a good loser-- -- Gerald Ford : the pigskin president -- Jimmy Carter : more than meets the eye -- Ronald Reagan : creating a sports legend -- George H.W. Bush : TR revisted -- Bill Clinton : oh, how he played the game -- George W. Bush : from bush leagues to the majors.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Presidents--Sports--United States.
Sports and state--United States.
Electronic books.
E176.1 / .W347 2006eb
973.09/9
The games presidents play sports and the presidency / [electronic resource] : John Sayle Watterson. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006. - xi, 402 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [361]-393) and index.
In the beginning -- The sporting frontier -- Barely visible to press and public -- Theodore Roosevelt : climbing the mountain -- Sports and the presidency : the founding father -- Inside TR's sporting presidency -- William Howard Taft : a large legacy -- Woodrow Wilson : more than just a game -- Warren Harding : the wager he didn't win -- Calvin Coolidge : grace, under pressure -- Herbert Hoover : no place to hide -- Franklin Delano Roosevelt : politically and physically challenged -- Harry S. Truman : striding--and flying--into history -- Dwight D. Eisenhower : hero under assault -- John F. Kennedy : swimming into politics -- Lyndon Johnson : the games he didn't play -- Richard Nixon : show me a good loser-- -- Gerald Ford : the pigskin president -- Jimmy Carter : more than meets the eye -- Ronald Reagan : creating a sports legend -- George H.W. Bush : TR revisted -- Bill Clinton : oh, how he played the game -- George W. Bush : from bush leagues to the majors.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Presidents--Sports--United States.
Sports and state--United States.
Electronic books.
E176.1 / .W347 2006eb
973.09/9