MANHATTANVILLE COLLEGE

History 2012                                                               Spring, 2006
American Sports History                                        Mr. Bowling
                                                                                      C. Heitner

Books to be purchased:

*Benjamin G. Rader, American Sports: From the Age of Folk Games to

   the Age of Televised  Sports (New York, 2004), 5th ed.

Peter R. Morris, Baseball Fever: Early Baseball in Michigan (Ann Arbor, 2003).

Denis J. Gullickson & Carl Hanson, Before They Were the Packers; Green Bay's
    Town Team Days (Black Earth, Wis., 2004).

Mark Frost, The Grand Slam; Bobby Jones, America, & the Story of Golf (New York, 2004).

John Christgau, The Origins of the Jump Shot; Eight Men who Shook the World of
    Basketball (Lincoln, 1999).

Geoffrey Douglas, The Game of Their Lives; The Untold Story of the World Cup's Biggest
    Upset (New York, 2005).

Jeff Miller, Going Long; The Wild Ten-Year Saga of the Renegrade American Football
    League in the Words of Those Who Lived It (New York, 2003).

*textbook

Requirements:

             1.  Attendance.
             2.  Participation.
             3.  Readings.
             4.  Successful completion of three examinations.

Acknowledgment is given to research assistance provided by History majors and Varsity Basketball team members Bob Kasmire '92 and Tommy Pizzo '92 in the development of this course.

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