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The valuable part of the narrative is a story that many sports fans will not know, or at least know only in outline--namely, the increasing blurring of sports figure and cultural celebrity in the Depression era, especially once Hollywood began to recruit sports stars to turn up in all sorts of B-list productions. That blurring, after all, is what defines sports figures today, and Grange was an indisputable pioneer . . . A useful character study of a figure often overlooked today.

The valuable part of the narrative is a story that many sports fans will not know, or at least know only in outline--namely, the increasing blurring of sports figure and cultural celebrity in the Depression era, especially once Hollywood began to recruit sports stars to turn up in all sorts of B-list productions. That blurring, after all, is what defines sports figures today, and Grange was an indisputable pioneer . . . A useful character study of a figure often overlooked today. Kirkus Reviews <br> Puts Grange's great career in the context of its colorful time... Pays worthy tribute to a legend. Booklist, ALA <br> Poole is eminently readable, and the accent on Pyle is a real bonus. Library Journal <br> A lively, well-written biography of this towering figure. Grange revolutionized the game on the field and his business manager, C.C. Pyle, revolutionized it off it. -- Orange County Register <br> .. .reveals how the game is played on the field, and how it resonates ino

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