The Gipper

Author : Jack Cavanaugh
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2010-09-10
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781628731125

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The Gipper by Jack Cavanaugh Pdf

Win one for The Gipper. Has there ever been a better-known and widely-used exhortative phrase in sports? Not likely. But who was the “Gipper,” this mythical-like sports figure whose nickname has aroused, in turn, awe, wonderment, curiosity, and amusement since the second decade of the twentieth century, and why is his story important? Answering those questions is the formidable task taken on here by veteran sportswriter Jack Cavanaugh, whose Pulitzer Prize-nominated biography of boxing legend Gene Tunney was referred to as “impressively researched and richly detailed” by Sports Illustrated. More than eight decades after his death, George Gipp is still regarded by football historians as Notre Dame’s best all-around player. And it was Gipp and his legendary coach, Knute Rockne, who were largely responsible for putting the small Midwestern all-male school on the map. Like Cavanaugh’s other critically acclaimed books, The Gipper is also a period piece, with a considerable focus on the era before, during, and immediately after WWI. It details the changes that the country underwent during that time, including the onset of Prohibition and the gangs that it spawned in the Midwest such as those active in the South Bend area and in nearby Chicago, headed by the notorious Al Capone.

Author : Chris Matthews
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2014-10-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781451696004

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Tip and the Gipper by Chris Matthews Pdf

This book relates a personal history of a time when two great political opponents served together for the benefit of the country. The author was a top aide to Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill, who waged a principled war of political ideals with President Reagan from 1980 to 1986. Together, the two men forged compromises that shaped America's future and became one of history's most celebrated political pairings: the epitome of how ideological opposites can get things done. The two leaders fought over the major issues of the day including welfare, taxes, covert military operations, and Social Security, but maintained respect for each other's positions and worked to advance the country rather than obstruct progress.

Author : Kathy-jo Wargin
Publisher : True Story
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1585362212

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Win One for the Gipper by Kathy-jo Wargin Pdf

Relates the story of George Gipp, a young athlete from northern Michigan in the early 1900s who became a star football player at the University of Notre Dame before his life was cut short at the age of twenty-five.

Author : Partick Chelland,Patrick Chelland
Publisher : Arrowhead Classics Limited
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1996-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1886571015

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One for the Gipper by Partick Chelland,Patrick Chelland Pdf

Author : Michael Rogin
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1988-07-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520908994

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Ronald Reagan The Movie by Michael Rogin Pdf

The fear of the subversive has governed American politics, from the racial conflicts of the early republic to the Hollywood anti-Communism of Ronald Reagan. Political monsters—the Indian cannibal, the black rapist, the demon rum, the bomb-throwing anarchist, the many-tentacled Communist conspiracy, the agents of international terrorism—are familiar figures in the dream life that so often dominates American political consciousness. What are the meanings and sources of these demons? Why does the American political imagination conjure them up? Michael Rogin answers these questions by examining the American countersubversive tradition.

Author : Robin Wyatt Dunn
Publisher : Deep Sett Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2011-12-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781468148350

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Los Angeles, Or American Pharaohs by Robin Wyatt Dunn Pdf

Robert, a 30-something independent filmmaker in Los Angeles, is hearing voices in his head. Alice Hershlug, a Jewish movie star who recently won the Academy Award, is slowly torturing him via The Grapevine, a kind of mental telephone.Hoovey Weinerschniztel, a movie producer in New York City, is in love with his plastic telephone and blas� about his recent rape and imprisonment in his office closet of one of his former employees.The novel appears to be an Anti-Semitic rant, written by a lonely Jew who has apparently been accused of being a child molester. It cuts rapidly back and forth between the narrator's vitriolic prose poems which accuse American Jews and other plutocrats of ruining the country, the trials and tribulations of Robert as he navigates Hollywood and the mental health system, and the machinations of several Hollywood insiders as they stab each other in the back to rise to the top.The island of Manhattan turns into a sailing ship and blasts through the strait of Gibraltar on the way to visit Jerusalem, a psychiatric treatment facility gets possessed by some kind of evil demon named Cheeto, and Hoovey Weinerschnitzel abandons his religion to found an evil cult.Part political diatribe, part philosophical essay, part picaresque, the novel explores the implications of the new post-2008 U.S. economy on the human psyche, relations between Jew and Gentile, between American and Israeli Jews, between thought and reality, and tries to figure out where the hell America can go next.

Author : Richard A. Greenwald
Publisher : University Press of America
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : 0761801960

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Exploring America's Past by Richard A. Greenwald Pdf

This book presents some of the most significant social history to date in one single volume. Readers will find that Exploring America's Past is not only up to date, but also more inclusive and multicultural than other similar collections. The essays in this book concentrate on issues in America, ranging from freedom, to sexuality, to industry, to war, to minorities, to our youth culture, dance, and music. This comprehensive collection of essays will be ideal for U.S. history survey courses. Contents: Introduction and Acknowledgements; The Meaning of Freedom, Eric Foner; Chinese-Americans Build a Railroad, Jack Chen; Populist Dreams and Negro Rights: East Texas as a Case Study, Lawrence Goodwyn; The Sociology and Historiography of Immigration, Ewa Morawska; Studying American Political Development in the Progressive Era, Martin Sklar; Charity Girls and City Pleasure: Historical Notes on Working-Class Sexuality, 1880-1920, Kathy Peiss; Encountering Mass Culture at the Grassroots: The Experience of Chicago Workers in the 1920s, Lizabeth Cohen; Origins of a Sit-Down Era: Worker Militancy and Innovation in the Rubber Industry, 1934-1938, Daniel Nelson; The Politics of Sacrifice on the Homefront in World War II, Mark Leff; The Riddle of the Zoot, Robin D.G. Kelley; The Land of a Thousand Dances: Youth, Minorities, and the Rise of Rock and Roll, George Lipsitz; The Unraveling of America, Allen Matusow; Ronald Reagan and the Movie, Michael Rogin.

Author : Richard Ian Kimball
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2017-04-28
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780815654056

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Legends Never Die by Richard Ian Kimball Pdf

With every touchdown, home run, and three-pointer, star athletes represent an American dream that only an elite group blessed with natural talent can achieve. However, Kimball concentrates on what happens once these modern warriors meet their untimely demise. As athletes die, legends rise in their place. The premature deaths of celebrated players not only capture and immortalize their physical superiority, but also jolt their fans with an unanticipated intensity. These athletes escape the inevitability of aging and decline of skill, with only the prime of their youth left to be remembered. But early mortality alone does not transform athletes into immortals. The living ultimately gain the power to construct the legacies of their fallen heroes. In Legends Never Die, Kimball explores the public myths and representations that surround a wide range of athletes, from Lou Gehrig and Joe DiMaggio to Dale Earnhardt and Bonnie McCarroll. Kimball delves deeper than just the cultural significance of sports and its players; he examines how each athlete’s narrative is shaped by gender relations, religion, and politics in contemporary America. In looking at how Americans react to the tragic deaths of sports heroes, Kimball illuminates the important role sports play in US society and helps to explain why star athletes possess such cultural power.

Author : Ronald Reagan
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 788 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2009-03-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780061751943

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The Reagan Diaries by Ronald Reagan Pdf

#1 New York Times Bestseller “Reading these diaries, Americans will find it easier to understand how Reagan did what he did for so long . . . They paint a portrait of a president who was engaged by his job and had a healthy perspective on power.” —Jon Meacham, Newsweek During his two terms as the 40th president of the United States, Ronald Reagan kept a daily diary in which he recorded his innermost thoughts and observations on the extraordinary, the historic, and the routine occurrences of his presidency. To read these diaries—now compiled into one volume by noted historian Douglas Brinkley and filled with Reagan’s trademark wit, sharp intelligence, and humor—is to gain a unique understanding of one of our nation’s most fascinating leaders.

Author : Jim Denney
Publisher : Thomas Nelson Inc
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1998-10-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781418558642

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Common Sense of an Uncommon Man by Jim Denney Pdf

Some say Ronald Reagan was the greatest president of our century. He rescued America from economic collapse and ended the cold war. He toppled the Soviet "Evil Empire" without firing a shot. Now his son, Michael Reagan -- the most listened-to nighttime talk show host -- takes you on a tour of the heart and mind of our fortieth president. Funny, inspiring, and warmly nostalgic, The Common Sense of an Uncommon Man is filled with photographs covering the span of Ronald Reagan's life. This enduring keepsake will be treasured forever by all who honor Ronald Reagan, cherish freedom, and love our American way of life.

Author : David Chidester
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2005-04-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0520938240

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Authentic Fakes by David Chidester Pdf

Authentic Fakes explores the religious dimensions of American popular culture in unexpected places: baseball, the Human Genome Project, Coca-Cola, rock 'n' roll, the rhetoric of Ronald Reagan, the charisma of Jim Jones, Tupperware, and the free market, to name a few. Chidester travels through the cultural landscape and discovers the role that fakery—in the guise of frauds, charlatans, inventions, and simulations—plays in creating religious experience. His book is at once an incisive analysis of the relationship between religion and popular culture and a celebration of the myriad ways in which invention can stimulate the religious imagination. Moving beyond American borders, Chidester considers the religion of McDonald’s and Disney, the discourse of W.E.B. Du Bois and the American movement in Southern Africa, the messianic promise of Nelson Mandela’s 1990 tour to America, and more. He also looks at the creative possibilities of the Internet in such phenomena as Discordianism, the Holy Order of the Cheeseburger, and a range of similar inventions. Arguing throughout that religious fakes can do authentic religious work, and that American popular culture is the space of that creative labor, Chidester looks toward a future "pregnant with the possibilities of new kinds of authenticity."

Author : Rhonda Lomeli
Publisher : Rhonda Lomeli
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2023-03-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9798985086317

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Semper Fi, Marine by Rhonda Lomeli Pdf

Semper Fi, Marine is the unique journey of two enlisted brothers as they face the perils of the Pacific Theater during WWII. The riveting battles come to life using first-hand accounts as each had to find his own way at this pivotal time in history. Beginning with life in a small town, the book continues as the two adjusted to life shortly after the war. The story resumes decades later when the author traveled to the opposite side of the globe to view one the battlefields.

Author : Colin McNairn
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2017-02-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781525501531

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Sports Talk by Colin McNairn Pdf

It's game on in uncovering the many sports-inspired terms, expressions, sayings and images that populate our everyday language! That's the challenge that this book takes on, using a playbook for each sport. It kicks off with an opening run through the game of football, then it's out of the gate with wire-to-wire coverage of horse racing. After going for the fences and covering all the bases in the sport of baseball, the ball is kept rolling, despite many a sticky wicket, through the long-running game of cricket. A blow-by-blow account of the sweet science of boxing is followed by play-by-play accounts of 35 more sports that have been added to the roster. At the finish line, the top three sports, are scored on their relative contributions to everyday language, and declared win, place and show. The discussion is enlivened by lots of sports humour and anecdotes along with quotations from sports personalities some of which may sound quite familiar, much like deja vu all over again.

Author : Ray Didinger,Glen Macnow
Publisher : Running Press Adult
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2009-09-22
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780762439218

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The Ultimate Book of Sports Movies by Ray Didinger,Glen Macnow Pdf

Guys love movies. Especially sports movies, where every underdog has his day, every team achieves glory, and every hero gets his moment of redemption. Next to watching Monday Night Football, there’s nothing more enjoyable than plopping down on the couch with the remote and a bottle of beer and firing up the special-edition DVD of Rocky, Hoosiers, Caddyshack, or any other fan favorite. Now, two nationally renowned sports media personalities take on the task of ranking the top 100 sports movies of all time, including entertaining and informative lists, special features, and contributions from over 75 top sports figures. From drama to comedy to tragedy to documentary, all the greatest sports films are here, brought to life through detailed summaries, fun facts and trivia, behind-the-scenes revelations, plus images from the greatest moments in sports film history. Original comments from some of the top personalities in sports and entertainment—including Peyton and Eli Manning, Charles Barkley, Tony Romo, James Gandolfini, Bill Parcells, Dennis Quaid, Arnold Palmer, and many more—provide further insight and marketing punch.

Author : J.J. Parker
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2009-02-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781462842254

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The Gipper -- Part Two by J.J. Parker Pdf

In January 1920, George Gipp seemed to have it all: a beautiful and brainy girlfriend, one more season as America's finest gridiron star, and enough gambling skill to support his lavish off-campus lifestyle. But by the year's end, he'd been expelled from Notre Dame, lost his true love ... and lost his life. How could the existence of All-American footballer Gipp -- the puckish opposite of Jack Armstrong, the All-American boy -- have gone so wrong? Read on, to discover the true, historical Gipp, and learn how his tragic denouement need not have ended as calamitously as it did. For as Shakespeare wrote in "Julius Caesar," Men at some time are masters of their fates: The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings.