The Life And Teams Of Johnny F Bassett

Author : Denis M. Crawford
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476684324
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Life and Teams of Johnny F. Bassett written by Denis M. Crawford and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2021-01-29 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most influential sportsmen of the late 20th century, Johnny F. Bassett's marketing wizardry belied his impact on professional hockey and football. A Canadian showman with a Barnumesque flair for spectacle, Bassett challenged the orthodoxy of sports, building sporting utopias in the fatally flawed World Football League, World Hockey Association, and United States Football League. He catered to the common fan, demanded fair treatment of athletes, and forced the sporting establishment to change the way it did business, often to his own detriment. Drawing on archival research and interviews with Bassett's contemporaries, this comprehensive biography chronicles his life in and around professional sports: his quixotic attempt to compete with the Maple Leafs; his stunning coup in signing three members of the reigning Super Bowl champions for his WFL team; his battles with the Canadian government over American football; his audacious marketing of hockey in Alabama; and his rivalry with Donald Trump for the soul of the USFL.

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Total Pages : 74 pages
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Total Pages : 840 pages
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Author : Peter Charles Newman
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Canadian Establishment written by Peter Charles Newman and published by McClelland & Stewart. This book was released on 1975 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume One See 338.0922 NEW for Vol 2.

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Total Pages : 700 pages
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Author : Jeff Pearlman
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin
ISBN 13 : 0544454383
Total Pages : 397 pages
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Download or read book Football for a Buck written by Jeff Pearlman and published by Houghton Mifflin. This book was released on 2018 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a multiple New York Times best-selling author, the rollicking, outrageous story of the United States Football League, a bona fide professional sports phenomenon full of larger-than-life characters and you-can't-make-this-up stories featuring some of the biggest celebrities and buffoons in the game.

Author : Christopher Teal
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hero of Hispaniola written by Christopher Teal and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2008-07-30 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We know Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice as two of today's most high-profile African American political figures, but who paved the way for these notable diplomats? More than one hundred and thirty years ago, Ebenezer D. Bassett served as the first black United States ambassador. In the midst of the aftermath of the Civil War, the U.S. government broke the color barrier by naming this leading educator, abolitionist, and activist to the controversial post of ambassador to the hemisphere's Black Republic - Haiti. For the first time, a nation founded on the principle that all men are created equal would have as its representative abroad someone previously less than equal under the law. This movement toward equality proved to be a force impossible to turn back, leading to a wider acceptance of blacks in U.S. foreign policy. This book lays bare the struggles Bassett faced as a pioneer of racial integration, helping to secure Bassett's legacy as the first African American political figure, a man who not only altered the American political structure, but led the way for all future civil rights advocates. This book highlights Bassett's achievements, which directly contributed to the racial revolution in the U.S. These include being appointed the first African American diplomat and chief of a U.S. diplomatic mission, leading the integration of public schools, and fighting for equal rights alongside revolutionaries such as Frederick Douglass. Bassett played a critical role in foreign affairs during the late 19th century, the formative years of American expansionism in Latin America and the Caribbean. 2008 marks the 100th anniversary of Bassett's death. Though he is long forgotten by history, his legacy as an innovator, activist, and diplomat lives on, and his life story—a tale of intelligence, integrity, and bravery—serves as an inspiration to patriotic Americans of all races and backgrounds. Hero of Hispaniola secures Bassett's legacy as the first African American political figure, a man who not only altered the American political structure, but led the way for all future civil rights advocates to follow.

Author : Henry Louis Gates (Jr.)
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 718 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Author : Harvey Marc Zucker
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Total Pages : 632 pages
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Total Pages : 1008 pages
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