Author: Joe ScalzoPublisher:
ISBN: 9780138404888
Category : Automobile racing
Languages : en
Pages : 205
Book Description
Stand on the Gas! Sprint Car Racing in America
Author: Joe ScalzoPublisher:
ISBN: 9780138404888
Category : Automobile racing
Languages : en
Pages : 205
Book Description
Horsehide, Pigskin, Oval Tracks and Apple Pie
Author: James A. VlasichPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786423978
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
This work brings together 16 of the best presentations on sport from the conferences of the Popular Culture Association. Topics include baseball (the 1941 World Series, the career of Stan Musial, Italian Americans in the game, and Japanese players), golf (Tiger Woods, and the culture wars over women at Augusta National), football (integration at UCLA, the controversy over the Indian mascot at Florida State, and the creation of the New Orleans Saints), auto racing (the revival of dirt tracks, racing's roots in Virginia, NASCAR in Eastern Iowa, and the NASCAR fan), and sports and men (marketing in hockey, social class and fishing, and Muhammad Ali's last stand). Together the essays demonstrate that sports are deeply woven into the fabric of American culture--a tapestry of society with all its heroism and triumph, failures and flaws. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright OfficePublisher: Copyright Office, Library of Congress
ISBN:
Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 1450
Book Description
American Dirt Track Racer
Author: Joe ScalzoPublisher:
ISBN: 9781610608053
Category : Automobile racing
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
One of the most evocative eras in the history of American motorsport was the golden age of dirt-track racing, when hairy-knuckled drivers duked it out in open-wheel racers on half-mile ovals around the country. This photographic history spans the classic era from 1946 to 1970, featuring vintage photography of the Champ and Sprint cars that were driven by men like A.J. Foyt, Parnelli Jones, Roger Ward and Bobby Unser for very little monetary reward. The technologies of the most successful and unusual cars are discussed as are specific races, circuits and some of the more colorful personalities of the period. Midget and track roadsters are also featured, along with period color photography.
Handbook of American Popular Culture
Author: M. Thomas IngePublisher: Greenwood
ISBN: 9780313203251
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Library has Volumes 1 and 2.
Subject Catalog
Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1030
Book Description
AB Bookman's Weekly
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 1054
Book Description
Car and Driver
Author: City of Speed
Author: Joe ScalzoPublisher:
ISBN: 9781610608770
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Offenhauser
Author: Gordon Eliot WhitePublisher: Motorbooks
ISBN: 0760319189
Category : Offenhauser engines
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
From the 1920s to through 1980, the Offenhauser and its descendants filled the grids and won race after race across the U.S. In the 1950s, entire Indy grids were made up exclusively of Offy-powered racers. Original hardcover received much acclaim, winner of the 1996 Thomas McKean Memorial award.