Danzig, Allison – Sport’s Golden Age. A Close-Up of The Fabulous Twenties. The Greatest Era of American Sport Recreated by an All-Star Collection of Sports Writers

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Danzig, Allison ‘Sport’s Golden Age. A Close-Up of The Fabulous Twenties. The Greatest Era of American Sport Recreated by an All-Star Collection of Sports Writers’ 1948 1st. ed. 296 pages. Baseball, boxing, football, golf, tennis, track & field, polo, billiars, swimming, basketball, ice hockey, yachting, rowing, bicyle racing. VG in good- chipped dust jacket.

The 1948 first edition hardcover of Sport’s Golden Age: A Close-Up of the Fabulous Twenties is a 296-page historical sports anthology edited by legendary New York Times sportswriter Allison Danzig and Peter Brandwein. Published in New York by Harper & Brothers, this book offers a sweeping look at the athletes, records, and cultural mania that defined the Roaring Twenties.

Book Details:
• Editors: Allison Danzig and Peter Brandwein
• Publisher: Harper & Brothers, New York
• Publication Year: 1948 (Stated First Edition)
• Format: Hardcover octavo, typically bound in black cloth with gilt lettering on the spine, issued with a pictorial dust jacket.
• Length: 296 pages
• Foreword: Written by famed journalist and radio personality John Kieran.

Content & Overview:
• A Collaborative Chronicle: Rather than a single narrative, Danzig and Brandwein commissioned a score of prominent contemporary sportswriters to pen specialized chapters covering the era’s major athletic developments.
• The Era of “Supermen”: The text captures the monumental decade when modern media, radio broadcasts, and cultural prosperity turned athletes into household icons. It chronicles the exact peak of sports legends like Babe Ruth, Jack Dempsey, Bobby Jones, Bill Tilden, Red Grange, Knute Rockne, Johnny Weissmuller, and the mythic racehorse Man o’ War.
• Comprehensive Multi-Sport Focus: The compilation balances a wide spectrum of athletics. It features dedicated breakdowns tracking the meteoric rise of professional and collegiate American football, the baseball boom, a detailed 23-page chapter on championship golf, tennis, international polo, swimming, and the burgeoning boxing landscape.
• Illustrations: The volume is complemented by historical, black-and-white archive photographs capturing the decade’s defining sporting moments and personalities.