The narrative goes beyond football to explore the era's social issues including war, immigration, religious intolerance, racism, and women's rights. Changes in technology that transformed America and launched today's mass media culture play a big role. Famous personalities such as Al Capone, Clara Bow, Will Rogers, John Wayne, and Boris Karloff become fans of the two teams and add a touch of glamor and notoriety.
From the movie studios of Hollywood to the glitter of Broadway, with the violent streets of Prohibition Era Chicago and the pious halls of the Catholic Indiana in between, the story presents a tableau of American history. The book's 376 pages include hundreds of notes complied after over a decade of research, and are illustrated with almost forty images.
From the movie studios of Hollywood to the glitter of Broadway, with the violent streets of Prohibition Era Chicago and the pious halls of the Catholic Indiana in between, the story presents a tableau of American history. The book's 376 pages include hundreds of notes complied after over a decade of research, and are illustrated with almost forty images.
Rockne and Jones: Notre Dame, USC, and the Greatest Rivalry of the Roaring Twenties