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The Big Scrum: How Teddy Roosevelt Saved Football

Author: John J. Miller
ISBN #: 9780061744501
Price: $12.00
Publisher: Harper Collins
Publisher Location: New York
Book Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: very good
Edition: First edition
Pub Date: 2011
Second printing. Very light wear to tips, corners and edges of the book and jacket, clean and unmarked. Second printing, by number line. From Library Journal: "This focused study of Teddy Roosevelt’s effect on the growth of football could be called Mornings on the Gridiron, reminiscent as it is of David McCullough’s Mornings on Horseback about TR’s youth. Although TR was too small to play college football, he was a fan of the sport. Miller (national correspondent, National Review) draws from published sources to colorfully detail the future President’s interest in a vigorous sporting life, while also depicting the early development of football, particularly at the Ivy League schools..." Most items ship with tracking numbers and (generally over $15.00) jacket protectors if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.