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Author Tate, Stephen, author

Title A history of the British sporting journalist, c.1850-1939 : James Catton, sports reporter / by Stephen Tate
Published Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2020
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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 425 pages.)
Summary At the heart of this text strides James Catton, less than five feet tall but a giant in the field of sporting journalism. It is the story of his career, from boy reporter in 1870s Lancashire to editor of the influential Manchester-based weekly Athletic News and then grand old man of Fleet Street sports writing in the 1920s and '30s. The book also presents the story of others, too--the first journalists to turn action into news as raw, carnivalesque, violent pastimes were replaced by codified and commercialised games. Detailing the history of their trade, the book searches for the roots of spor
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on print version record
Subject Catton, J. A. H
Sportswriters -- England -- Biography
Sportswriters -- England -- History
Sports journalism -- England -- History
Sports journalism
Sportswriters
England
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781527547452
1527547450