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010 _z 2006005556
020 _z080188425X (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 _z9780801884252
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_cCaPaEBR
035 _a(OCoLC)646769562
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050 1 4 _aE176.1
_b.W347 2006eb
082 0 4 _a973.09/9
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100 1 _aWatterson, John Sayle.
245 1 4 _aThe games presidents play
_h[electronic resource] :
_bsports and the presidency /
_cJohn Sayle Watterson.
260 _aBaltimore :
_bJohns Hopkins University Press,
_c2006.
300 _axi, 402 p. :
_bill.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [361]-393) and index.
505 0 _aIn 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.
533 _aElectronic reproduction.
_bPalo Alto, Calif. :
_cebrary,
_d2013.
_nAvailable via World Wide Web.
_nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aPresidents
_xSports
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aSports and state
_zUnited States.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
710 2 _aebrary, Inc.
856 4 0 _uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/kliuc/Doc?id=10256350
_zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
942 _2lcc
_cEBK
999 _c121998
_d121998