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The games presidents play : sports and the presidency /

"The Games Presidents Play provides a new way to view the American presidency. Looking at the athletic strengths, feats, and shortcomings of our presidents, John Sayle Watterson explores not only their health, physical attributes, personalities, and sports IQs, but also the increasing trend of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Watterson, John Sayle
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a 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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