Table of Contents

Introduction.

Celebrity.

Part One: The Flight: A Hero Is Born.

Part Two: The Kidnapping: Celebrity's Dark Side.

Part Three: An Exile's Return: The Battle for America.

About the Author

Randy W. Roberts is Professor of History at Purdue University and specializes in recent U.S. history, U.S. sports history, and the history of popular culture. He is the author of Where the Domino Fell: America and Vietnam, Fifth Edition (with James S. Olson, Blackwell, 2006), Hollywood’s America: United States History Through Its Films, Third Edition (with Steven Mintz, Blackwell, 2001), A Line in the Sand: The Alamo in Blood and Memory (with James S. Olson, 2001), My Lai: A Brief History with Documents (with James S. Olson, 1998), and John Wayne American (with James S. Olson, 1996). Among his many sport history publications are (with David Welky) One For The Thumb: The New Steelers Reader (2006), The Rock, the Curse, and the Hub: A Random History of Boston Sports (2005), Jack Dempsey: The Manassa Mauler (2003), The Steelers Reader (with David Welky, 2001), Winning Is the Only Thing: Sports in America since 1945 (with James Olson, 1989), and Papa Jack: Jack Johnson and the Era of White Hopes (1983).

David Welky is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Central Arkansas and specializes in cultural history of the 1920s and 1930s. He is the author of (with Randy Roberts) One For The Thumb: The New Steelers Reader (2006) and The Steelers Reader (also with Randy Roberts, 2001).