{"product_id":"the-meaning-of-nolan-ryan-9780890965757","title":"The Meaning of Nolan Ryan","description":"Who is Nolan Ryan? Might as well ask who is America. After twenty-seven major league seasons in the limelight, the man who has been called the \"last true sports hero\" stands as a national phenomenon-a phenomenon whose media portrayal tells America something important about itself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSeven no-hitters. Over three hundred wins. Over fifty-five hundred strikeouts. More than fifty major league records. A Texas highway named for him. Forty-six years old at retirement, and still throwing the ball at over ninety miles per hour. The record speaks for itself. A hero. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But there's more to Ryan than the record. There's the image. And the business. The portrayal of this future Hall of Famer as a devoted husband, strong father, and off-season cowboy has been used to sell jeans, athletic shoes, pain relievers, and other products. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this fascinating analysis of Ryan's career and the media hype surrounding it, Nick Trujillo examines his significance as a sports hero and celebrity in American culture. Each chapter of the book looks at a different aspect of Ryan's meaning in contemporary society: his meaning to his teammates on the Texas Rangers, his portrayal in the mass media, his status as American hero, his commodification as a commercialized product, and his representation as an image of traditional masculinity and \"safe sex.\" Trujillo shows how Ryan functions as a sort of mirror in which a sometimes jaded nation can see what it wants to see of itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Texas A\u0026amp;M University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/22\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780890965757\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.04h x 6.02w x 0.47d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/1994 pg. 1174\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/1994 pg. 81\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Nick Trujillo, N. Trujillo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38016671482037,"sku":"9780890965757","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_0439a42a-b3b7-44b4-986c-43cd59aba2b2.jpg?v=1609160336","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-meaning-of-nolan-ryan-9780890965757","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}