
Tropic Of Football
The Long and Perilous Journey of Samoans to the NFL
Rob Ruck(Author)
The New Press
Published on 31. July 2018
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-1-62097-337-0 (ISBN)
Description
Football is at a crossroads, its future imperiled by the very physicality that drives its popularity. Its grass roots - high school and youth travel program - are withering. But players from the small South Pacific American territory of Samoa are bucking that trend, quietly becoming the most disproportionately overrepresented culture in the sport.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 239 mm
Width: 163 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
612 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-62097-337-0 (9781620973370)
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Rob Ruck is a professor of history at the University of Pittsburgh. His documentaries includes The Republic of Baseball: Dominican Giants of the American Game. He has written for the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, Salon, and other publications. He lives in Pittsburgh.