Fit for America: Major John L. Griffith and the Quest for Athletics and Fitness

by Matthew Lindaman

Book Overview

Fit for America is at once an intellectual biography of Major John L. Griffith, one of the preeminent intercollegiate athletics administrators of the twenti-eth century, and an in-depth look at how athletics shaped national military preparedness in a time of war and anticommunist sentiment.

Lindaman traces Griffith's forty-year career, one that spanned both world wars and included his appointment as the first Big Ten commissioner...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815635877
• ISBN13: 9780815635871
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.8" x 9.2"