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The games presidents play [electronic resource] : sports and the presidency / John Sayle Watterson.

By: Watterson, John Sayle.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006Description: xi, 402 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Presidents -- Sports -- United States | Sports and state -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 973.09/9 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
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.
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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.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.