A Pageant of a Nation at Play. As new copy, hardcover, w/dust jacket and book cover - 287 pp., 9 x 12", published 1976. This big book gathers from the rich fabric of history those events & personalities that have had the greatest impact on the evolution of sport in America - as they have been pictured by America's leading artists and photographers, as they are described by one of America's foremost sportswriters.
Presented in 4 large sections: 1. The Pastoral Age (1776-1865) 2. The Passionate Age - (1866-1919) from the ballyhooed tours of the great early BASEBALL teams to the search for the "Great White Hope"; 3.
The GOLDEN AGE (1920-1945) - an array of superstars from the first half of the century when every sport boasted its golden heros: Babe Ruth, Knute Rockne, JackDempsey, Johnny Weissmueller (Tarzan in the movies); Red Grange Joe Louis, Joe DiMaggio; and the Electronic Age (1946-1976) brings the story of sport in American up to the SuperBowl games, the domed-stadium pleasure palaces, to Hank Aaron's 715th homer.
The illustrations in this valued book make up a retrospective collection of memorable sports photography and art by N.C. Wyeth, Charles Russell, Norman Rockwell (one of the best pieces of artwork in the book!!), Seth Eastman, George Bellows. - Truly a keeper of a book that has something for everyone - including sports fans, artists, collectors, historians.
