Pregame Commentary
Introduction: The Forgotten Father of Football
First Quarter: Adolescence
Chapter 1: Survival of the Fittest in New Haven, 1860s-1880
Chapter 2: The Disillusionment of Afterlife, 1883-1888
Second Quarter: Manhood Epitomized
Chapter 3: Alice and All-American-ness, 1888-1891
Chapter 4: Manifest Destiny, 1892-1894
Chapter 5: Necessary Roughness? 1893-1894
Chapter 6: Martial, Marketable, and Masculine, 1895-1899
Halftime: The Yale Man at the Turn of the Century
Third Quarter: Manhood Tested
Chapter 7: Camp's Boyology: The Making of Eligible Men
Chapter 8: Make Men, but Do Not Break Them, 1903-1906
Chapter 9: Rewriting the Gridiron Narrative, 1906-1912
Fourth Quarter: Manhood Reconsidered
Chapter 10: Realizing Real All-Americans in the 1910s
Chapter 11: Changing of the Guard, 1910-1916
Chapter 12: Preparing Men for Real Battle, 1917-1918
Chapter 13: Death and Democratization, 1919-1925
Postgame Analysis
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Julie Des Jardins is the author of The Madame Curie Complex, Lillian Gilbreth: Redefining Domesticity, and Women and the Historical Enterprise in America: Gender, Race, and the Politics of Memory.
"The author skillfully illustrates how the sport of football
uniquely spoke to men about being manly and helped to introduce new
notions of masculinity. Walter Camp, then, is both a fine sport
history and a superb cultural analysis."--R. W. Roberts, CHOICE
"[Des Jardins] capably steers her narrative through the opaque
spaces of his life while touching on, without becoming mire in, his
many sports ventures. The author expertly conveys the crucial
phases of Camp's career...Camp's outsized role in creating arguably
America's most popular sport and his influence on his era make it
all the more essential to read this well-researched and carefully
crafted book."--Journal of Sport History
"As Julie Des Jardins demonstrates in her incisive and
comprehensive new biography of Camp, the modern game still bears
his imprint, both on and off the field."--New Yorker
"This thoroughly researched biography is a major work and essential
for all collections."--Library Journal, Starred Review
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