Sports historian Cait Murphy brings to life one hundred meticulously selected objects that make up the history of American sports. These iconic objects include the glove that Yogi Berra used to catch the only perfect game in World Series history, the jersey Lance Armstrong wore during one of his contentious Tour de France victories, and the goggles Amelia Earhart wore in the first Women's Air Derby. Murphy also uncovers lesser-known items, like a surfboard used by the Hawaiian royal family and the seventeenth-century bowling ball that suggests that even Puritans could have fun. Together, these objects reveal that no matter who we are, our history can be traced back to the fields, courts, and tracks across our fifty states.
Handsomely designed with more than one hundred color photographs, A History of American Sports in 100 Objects is the perfect gift book for sports fans and history buffs alike.
