The Presidents and the Pastime: The History of Baseball and the White House

by Curt Smith

Book Overview

The Presidents and the Pastime draws on Curt Smith's extensive background as a former White House presidential speechwriter to chronicle the historic relationship between baseball, the "most American" sport, and the U.S. presidency.

Smith, who USA TODAY calls "America's voice of authority on baseball broadcasting," starts before America's birth, when would-be presidents played baseball antecedents. He charts how baseball cemented...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803288093
• ISBN13: 9780803288096
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 504 Pages
• Weight: 2.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.4" x 9.0"