Ball Tales
A Study of Baseball, Basketball and Football Fiction of the 1930s through 1960s
Samenvatting
Presents a history of American sports fiction from early dime novels through the 1960s. This title includes chapters that cover dime novel heroes Frank and Dick Merriwell; the explosion of sports novels before World War II and its influence on the authors who later wrote for baby boom readers; and, developments in sports fiction since 1970.

