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Book-a-Day Review: Fan in Chief

January 3, 2020

Fan in Chief: Richard Nixon and American Sports, 1969-1974, by Nicholas Evan Sarantakes (University Press of Kansas, 2018) Say what you will about him, but there’s no denying that Richard Nixon was a rabid sports fan. During baseball’s centennial year of 1969, he attended ceremonies and events surrounding the All-Star game in in Washington D.C. […]

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